Mastering diagnostic skills: Enhancing proficiency in otitis media, a model for diagnostic skills training

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Kaleida, Phillip H ^a,b   Ploof, Dianna L ^a,b   Kurs Lasky, Marcia ^c   Shaikh, Nader ^a,b   Colborn, Kathleen ^a   Haralam, Mary Ann ^a   Ray, Sean ^a   Kearney, Diana ^a   Paradise, Jack L ^a,b   Hoberman, Alejandro ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic skills; Otitis media; Proficiency; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; EARDRUM; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; ENHANCING PROFICIENCY IN OTITIS MEDIA; GENERAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OTITIS MEDIA; OTOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; OTITIS MEDIA; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; OTOSCOPY; PENNSYLVANIA; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 70349742513     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-2838     Document Type: Article

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