Evaluation of the clinical assessment project: A computer-based multimedia tool to assess problem-solving ability in medical students

Pediatrics

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1380-1387

  Feldman, Mitchell J ^a,b   Barnett, G Octo ^b   Link, David A ^a,c   Colemana, Margaret A ^a,c   Lowe, Janice A ^a,b,e   O'Rourke, Edward J ^a,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computers; Educational measurement; Medical students; Multimedia; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCORING SYSTEM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; MULTIMEDIA; PEDIATRICS; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TEACHING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; MULTIMEDIA; PATIENT SIMULATION; PEDIATRICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33750125974     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-0326     Document Type: Article

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