Examinee performance on computer-based case simulations as part of the USMLE step 3 examination: Are examinees ordering dangerous actions?

Academic Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2002, Pages

  Floreck, Lisa M ^a   Guernsey, M Jeanne ^a   Clyman, Stephen G ^a   Clauser, Brian E ^a  

^a NATIONAL BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; LICENSING; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036794145     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200210001-00025     Document Type: Article

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