Teaching doctors how to diagnose paroxysmal events: A comparison of two educational methods

Medical Education

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 909-914

  Farrar, Michelle ^a   Connolly, Anne M ^b   Lawson, John ^a,b   Burgess, Annette ^b   Lonergan, Amy ^a   Bye, Ann M E ^a,b  

^a SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

*acute disease; *education, medical; Clinical competence *standards; Emergency medicine *education; Paediatrics *education; Teaching *methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL STUDENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; TEACHING;

ADULT; CHILD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROLOGY; NEW SOUTH WALES; PEDIATRICS; TEACHING;

EID: 49649101855     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2008.03146.x     Document Type: Article

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