Does the Medical College Admission Test predict clinical reasoning skills? A longitudinal study employing the Medical Council of Canada clinical reasoning examination

Academic Medicine

Volumn 80, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2005, Pages

  Violato, Claudio ^a   Donnon, Tyrone ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b NONE

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; EXAMINATION; LOGIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL;

EID: 25644439866     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200510001-00007     Document Type: Article

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