Using Infant Mannequins in Objective Standardized Clinical Examinations: Are There Unintended Consequences?

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 235-238

  Bergus, George ^a   Kreiter, Clarence ^a   Woodhead, Jerold ^a   Lawrence, John ^a   Franklin, Ellen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical skills; mannequin; medical student; OSCE

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

ADULT; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; MANIKINS; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURGERY;

EID: 33745869450     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ambp.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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