Does the gender of the standardised patient influence candidate performance in an objective structured clinical examination?

Medical Education

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 521-525

  Humphrey Murto, Susan ^a,b   Touchie, Claire ^b   Wood, Timothy J ^b,c   Smee, Sydney ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c Medical Council of Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SIMULATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 65649121191     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2009.03336.x     Document Type: Article

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