NBME Obstetrics and Gynecology clerkship final examination scores: Predictive value of standardized tests and demographic factors

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 978-982

  Ogunyemi, Dotun ^a,b   Taylor Harris, De Shawn ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics   (United States)

^b KING DREW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical clerkship; Medical education, undergraduate; National Board of Medical Examiners

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSTETRICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CREDENTIALING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; OBSTETRICS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 10644263634     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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