Evaluation of consent for peer physical examination: Students reflect on their clinical skills learning experience

Medical Education

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 957-964

  Wearn, Andy ^a   Bhoopatkar, Harsh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

*education, medical, undergraduate; *informed consent; *physical examination; Clinical competence *standards; Culture; Female; Humans; Male; New Zealand; Sex factors; Students, medical *psychology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FRIEND; INFORMED CONSENT; LEARNING; MAORI; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PEER GROUP; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; SEX; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PEER GROUP; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 33748927800     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2006.02557.x     Document Type: Article

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