Effectiveness of the use of internet search by third year medical students to establish a clinical diagnosis

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 332-338

  Nalliah, S ^a   Chan, S L J ^a   Ong, C L S ^a   Suthan, T H ^a   Tan, K C ^a   She, V N J ^a   Gupta, E ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b Department of Medicine ^*

Author keywords

Congruency; Google search; Medical diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL STUDENT; RELIABILITY; SEARCH ENGINE; SKILL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION STUDY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEARCH ENGINE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 77953521572     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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