Interactive spaced-education to teach the physical examination: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 973-978

  Kerfoot, B Price ^a,b,c   Armstrong, Elizabeth G ^b,c   O'Sullivan, Patricia N ^c,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Harvard Medical International   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational technology; Medical education; Medical students; Physical examination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; E-MAIL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RANDOMIZATION; TEACHING;

COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 46949104300     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0533-0     Document Type: Article

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