Internal medicine residents do not accurately assess their medical knowledge

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 463-468

  Jones, Roger ^a   Panda, Mukta ^a   Desbiens, Norman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

In training exam; Medical knowledge; Medical residency; Percentile score; Self assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; KNOWLEDGE; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-EVALUATION PROGRAMS;

EID: 55349138775     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-007-9058-2     Document Type: Article

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