Assessing medical students' clinical sciences knowledge in France: A collaboration between the NBME and a consortium of French medical schools

Academic Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 509-517

  De Champlain, André F ^a,k   Melnick, Donald ^l   Scoles, Peter ^a   Subhiyah, Raja ^a   Holtzman, Kathy ^a   Swanson, David ^a   Angelucci, Kathy ^a   McGrenra, Cathy ^a   Fournier, Jean Paul ^b   Benchimol, Daniel ^c   Rampal, Patrick ^d   Staccini, Pascal ^d   Braun, Marc ^e   Kohler, Chantal ^f   Guidet, Bertrand ^g   Claudepierre, Pascal ^h   Prével, Marc ⁱ   Goldberg, James ^j  

^a National Board of Medical Examiners   (United States)

^b University Hospital of Nice University of Nice Sophia Antipolis   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^e Hopital Saint Julien Nancy   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^g HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^h HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

ⁱ Services des Urgences   (France)

^j Dept des Operations Internationales   (France)

^k NATIONAL BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS   (United States)

^l NONE

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CURRICULUM; FRANCE; LICENSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0037617510     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200305000-00016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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