When should students learn essential physical examination skills? Views of internal medicine clerkship directors in North America

Academic Medicine

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 96-99

  Corbett Jr , Eugene C ^a,d   Elnicki, D Michael ^b   Conaway, Mark R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 37649000013     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31815c68c3     Document Type: Article

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