Web-based learning versus standardized patients for teaching clinical diagnosis: A randomized, controlled, crossover trial

Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 208-214

  Turner, Michael K ^a   Simon, Steven R ^b   Facemyer, Kevin C ^c   Newhall, Lynn M ^c   Veach, Tracy L ^c  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; CURRICULUM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; LEARNING; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEACHING;

ALGORITHMS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; CURRICULUM; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; INTERNET; LEARNING; PATIENT SIMULATION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 33746822235     PISSN: 10401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15328015tlm1803_4     Document Type: Article

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