Correlation between housestaff performance on the United States Medical Licensing Examination and standardized patient encounters

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-49

  Rifkin, William D ^a,d,e   Rifkin, Arthur ^b,c,d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ZUCKER HILLSIDE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e WATERBURY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Housestaff; Observed structured clinical examination; Performance; Standardized patients; United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSTANTS AND COEFFICIENTS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LICENSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SKILL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LICENSURE, MEDICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 13944270710     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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