Benefits of a programme taking advantage of patient-instructors to teach and assess musculoskeletal skills in medical students

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1626-1630

  Bideau, M ^b   Guerne, P A ^a   Bianchi, M P ^b   Huber, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL STUDENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PATIENTS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RHEUMATOLOGY; TEACHING;

EID: 33751301359     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2004.031153     Document Type: Article

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