Assessment of a clinical performance evaluation tool for use in a simulator-based testing environment: A pilot study

Academic Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Gordon, James A ^a   Tancredi, David N ^b   Binder, William D ^b   Wilkerson, William M ^b   Shaffer, David W ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERFORMANCE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATOR BASED TESTING ENVIRONMENT; SKILL; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0141958977     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200310001-00015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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