The reading habits of medicine clerks at one medical school: Frequency, usefulness, and difficulties

Academic Medicine

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 489-494

  Leff, Bruce ^a   Harper, G Michael ^b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HABIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE; BOOK; EDUCATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNET; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BALTIMORE; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNET; PERIODICALS; QUESTIONNAIRES; READING; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEXTBOOKS;

EID: 33745010005     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ACM.0000222273.90705.a6     Document Type: Article

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