Assessing the ability of medical students to perform osteopathic manipulative treatment techniques

Journal of the American Osteopathic Association

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 203-211

  Boulet, John R ^a,d   Gimpel, John R ^a   Dowling, Dennis J ^b   Finley, Michael ^c  

^a Natl Bd Osteopathic Med Examiners   (United States)

^b NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICIAN; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; SKILL; STANDARDIZATION; TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; MANIPULATION, OSTEOPATHIC; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PATIENT SIMULATION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 2442649181     PISSN: 00986151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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