Students assigned to community practices for their pediatric clerkship perform as well or better on written examinations as students assigned to academic medical centers

Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 250-254

  White, Christopher B ^a,b   Thomas, Andria M ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; EXAMINATION; HUMAN; LICENSING; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4944226233     PISSN: 10401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15328015tlm1603_5     Document Type: Article

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