Virtual patients for assessing medical students - Important aspects when considering the introduction of a new assessment format

Medical Teacher

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-24

  Waldmann, Uta Maria ^a   Gulich, Markus Sebastian ^a   Zeitler, Hans Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERNAL VALIDITY; INTERNET; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; ONLINE SYSTEM; PILOT STUDY; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FAMILY PRACTICE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PATIENT SIMULATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 39449110061     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590701758616     Document Type: Article

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