Teaching digital rectal examinations to medical students: An evaluation study of teaching methods

Academic Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1140-1146

  Popadiuk, Cathy ^a   Pottle, Madge ^a   Curran, Vernon ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; EVALUATION; FINGER; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; SIMULATION; SKILL; TEACHING;

EID: 0036847168     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200211000-00017     Document Type: Article

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