The physical examination of patients with abdominal pain: The long-term effect of adding standardized patients and small-group feedback to a lecture presentation

Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 171-174

  Fletcher, Kathlyn E ^a,c   Stern, David T ^b   White, Casey ^a   Gruppen, Larry D ^a   Oh, Mary S ^a   Cimmino, Vincent M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANAMNESIS; COMPETENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RATING SCALE; SKILL; STANDARDIZATION; TEACHING;

EID: 3042775887     PISSN: 10401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15328015tlm1602_9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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