Developing professional clinical skills for practice - The results of a feasibility study using a reflective approach to intimate examination

Medical Education, Supplement

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 34-41

  Ker, J S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

blackstarClinical competence; blackstarPatient simulation; blackstarPhysical examination; Curriculum; Education, medical, undergraduate blackstarmethods; Reproducibility of results; Scotland; Students, medical

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SATISFACTION; SIMULATION; SKILL;

EID: 0242467430     PISSN: 13523929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.37.s1.4.x     Document Type: Article

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