Impact of teaching and assessment format on electrocardiogram interpretation skills

Medical Education

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 731-740

  Raupach, Tobias ^a   Hanneforth, Nathalie ^a   Anders, Sven ^b   Pukrop, Tobias ^a   Th J Ten Cate, Olle ^c   Harendza, Sigrid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; TEACHING;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEACHING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953771797     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2010.03687.x     Document Type: Article

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