Creating an ideal objective structured clinical exam for an obstetrics and gynecology medical student clerkship

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 193, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1544-1550

  Nalesnik, Sally W ^a   Mills, Cathleen S ^a   Olsen, Cara H ^a   Haffner, William H J ^a   Zahn, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical student assessment; Objective Structured Clinical Examination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; EVALUATION; EXPERIENCE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; OBSTETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GYNECOLOGY; OBSTETRICS;

EID: 25844493072     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2005.06.067     Document Type: Article

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