Grade Inflation in Internal Medicine Clerkships: Results of a National Survey

Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 112-116

  Speer, Alice J ^a   Solomon, David J ^a,c   Fincher, Ruth Marie E ^b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNAL MEDICINE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034208126     PISSN: 10401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15328015TLM1203_1     Document Type: Review

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