Do PubMed and Google searches help medical students and young doctors reach the correct diagnosis? A pilot study

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 788-790

  Falagas, Matthew E ^a,b   Ntziora, Fotinie ^a   Makris, Gregory C ^a   Malietzis, George A ^a   Rafailidis, Petros I ^a  

^a ALFA INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AIBS   (Greece)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; Internet; Medical education; Search engine; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; INTERNET; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICIAN; SEARCH ENGINE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PILOT STUDY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INTERNET; PHYSICIANS; PILOT PROJECTS; PUBMED; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 70350566115     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2009.07.014     Document Type: Article

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