The impact of preclinical preceptorships on learning the fundamentals of clinical medicine and physical diagnosis skills

Academic Medicine

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 342-346

  Nieman, Linda Z ^a   Cheng, Lee ^a   Hormann, Mark ^a   Farnie, Mark A ^a,b   Molony, Donald A ^a   Butler, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL MEDICINE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FAMILY MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LEARNING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; PERFORMANCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; STANDARD;

ADULT; CLINICAL MEDICINE; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PRECEPTORSHIP; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEXAS;

EID: 33646355185     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200604000-00007     Document Type: Article

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