Resources medical students use to derive a differential diagnosis

Medical Teacher

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 522-527

  Graber, Mark L ^a   Tompkins, David ^a   Holland, Joanne J ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INTERNET; LEARNING; MEDICAL STUDENT; SKILL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PROBLEM SOLVING; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 70849133979     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590802167436     Document Type: Article

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