Evaluation, grading, and use of the RIME vocabulary on internal medicine clerkships: Results of a national survey and comparison to other clinical clerkships

Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 118-126

  Hemmer, Paul A ^a,d   Papp, Klara K ^b   Mechaber, Alex J ^c   Durning, Steven J ^a  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOMENCLATURE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41849111314     PISSN: 10401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10401330801991287     Document Type: Article

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