Brief report: Use of the mini-clinical evaluation exercise in internal medicine core clerkships

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 501-502

  Kogan, Jennifer R ^a,c   Hauer, Karen E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PennCare Edward S Cooper Practice of Internal Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical competence; Clinical skills; Feedback; Medical students; Undergraduate medical education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; EVALUATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; SKILL;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745644969     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00436.x     Document Type: Article

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