A prospective study of the longitudinal effects of an embedded specialty curriculum on physical examination skills using an ophthalmology model

Academic Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1622-1630

  Mottow Lippa, Linda ^a   Boker, John R ^b   Stephens, Frances ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEISINGER HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; SELF EVALUATION; SKILL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 70449379683     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181bb2d51     Document Type: Article

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