An examination of the contribution of computer-based case simulations to the USMLE step 3 examination

Academic Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2002, Pages

  Clauser, Brian E ^a   Margolis, Melissa J ^a   Swanson, David B ^a  

^a NATIONAL BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; LICENSING; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0036795388     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200210001-00026     Document Type: Article

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