Associations of conference attendance with internal medicine in-training examination scores

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 449-453

  McDonald, Furman S ^a   Zeger, Scott L ^b   Kolars, Joseph C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; INTERNAL MEDICINE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 42149130283     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/83.4.449     Document Type: Article

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