A hypothesis-driven physical examination learning and assessment procedure for medical students: Initial validity evidence

Medical Education

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 729-740

  Yudkowsky, Rachel ^a   Otaki, Junji ^b   Lowenstein, Tali ^a   Riddle, Janet ^a   Nishigori, Hiroshi ^c   Bordage, Georges ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTENT VALIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 70350302332     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2009.03379.x     Document Type: Article

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