Assessing potentially dangerous medical actions with the computer-based case simulation portion of the USMLE step 3 examination

Academic Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue SUPPL. 10, 2009, Pages

  Harik, Polina ^a   Cuddy, Monica M ^a   O'Donovan, Seosaimhin ^a   Murray, Constance T ^a   Swanson, David B ^a   Clauser, Brian E ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LICENSING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350650327     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181b379bc     Document Type: Article

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