Open book tests: Assessment of academic learning in clerkships

Medical Teacher

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 456-462

  Broyles, India L ^a   Cyr, Peggy R ^b   Korsen, Neil ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

^b MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BOOK; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; READING; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; MAINE; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEXTBOOKS; VERMONT;

EID: 25844432136     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590500097075     Document Type: Article

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