Is it Appropriate to Use Core Clerkship Grades in the Selection of Residents?

Current Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 391-396

  Takayama, Hiroo ^a   Grinsell, Rebecca ^a   Brock, Douglas ^b   Foy, Hugh ^c   Pellegrini, Carlos ^a   Horvath, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

core clerkship; Dean's letter; MSPE; student evaluation; surgical resident selection

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACCREDITATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; FAMILY MEDICINE; GYNECOLOGY; INTERNAL MEDICINE; OBSTETRICS; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDENT T TEST; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACHIEVEMENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750452722     PISSN: 01497944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cursur.2006.06.012     Document Type: Article

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