Assessing the relationship between cardiac physical examination technique and accurate bedside diagnosis during an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE)

Academic Medicine

Volumn 82, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Hatala, Rose ^a   Issenberg, S Barry ^b   Kassen, Barry O ^b   Cole, Gary ^b   Bacchus, C Maria ^b   Scalese, Ross J ^b  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SIMULATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; OBJECTIVE STRUCTURED CLINICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 34748862385     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31814002f1     Document Type: Article

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