Acting on reflection: The effect of reflection on students' clinical performance on a standardized patient examination

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-54

  Blatt, Benjamin ^a   Plack, Margaret ^a   Maring, Joyce ^a   Mintz, Matthew ^a   Simmens, Samuel J ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical student; Reflection; Standardized patients

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERFORMANCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; UNITED STATES;

COUNSELING; DECISION MAKING; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 34248594726     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-007-0110-y     Document Type: Article

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