Assessing diabetes-related knowledge among internal medicine residents using multiple-choice questionnaire

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 338, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 348-352

  Gosmanova, Albina ^a   Gosmanov, Niyaz ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Diabetes mellitus; Knowledge; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENT;

EID: 73649084461     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3181b14b1d     Document Type: Article

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