Remediation techniques for student performance problems after a comprehensive clinical skills assessment

Academic Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 669-676

  Saxena, Varun ^a   O'Sullivan, Patricia S ^a   Teherani, Arianne ^a   Irby, David M ^a   Hauer, Karen E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONALISM; SKILL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68249155007     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31819fa832     Document Type: Article

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