The relationship between second-year medical students' OSCE scores and USMLE Step 2 scores

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 901-905

  Simon, Steven R ^a   Bui, Anh ^a   Day, Shelley ^a   Berti, David ^b   Volkan, Kevin ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b New England School of Law   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY CHANNEL ISLANDS   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Clinical competency; Medical education; OSCE

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICENSURE, MEDICAL; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 36248958740     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2006.00768.x     Document Type: Article

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