Early introduction of clinical skills improves medical student comfort at the start of third-year clerkships

Academic Medicine

Volumn 81, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Whipple, Mark E ^a   Barlow, Courtenay B ^a   Smith, Sherilyn ^a   Goldstein, Erika A ^a  

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ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 34748818244     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200610001-00011     Document Type: Article

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