Evaluation of the congruence between students' postencounter notes and standardized patients' checklists in a clinical skills examination

Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-36

  Worzala, Katherine ^a   Rattner, Susan L ^a   Boulet, John R ^b   Majdan, Joseph F ^a   Berg, Dale D ^a   Robeson, Mary ^a   Veloski, J Jon ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PENNSYLVANIA; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 41149160264     PISSN: 10401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10401330701798253     Document Type: Article

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