How do medical student self-assessments compare with their final clerkship grades?

Medical Teacher

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 445-449

  Weiss, Patrice M ^a   Koller, Craig A ^a   Hess, L Wayne ^a   Wasser, Thomas ^a  

^a LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DATA ANALYSIS; GYNECOLOGY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; SKILL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WRITING;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; OBSTETRICS; PENNSYLVANIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF-EVALUATION PROGRAMS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 25844466577     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590500046999     Document Type: Article

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