A randomized-controlled study of encounter cards to improve oral case presentation skills of medical students

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 743-747

  Kim, Sarang ^a,c   Kogan, Jennifer R ^b   Bellini, Lisa M ^b   Shea, Judy A ^b  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Division of General Internal Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical competence; Medical education; Medical students oral case presentations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; KNOWLEDGE OF RESULTS (PSYCHOLOGY); MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 23744432313     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.0140.x     Document Type: Article

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