Five-year summary of COMLEX-USA Level 2-PE examinee performance and survey data

Journal of the American Osteopathic Association

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 114-125

  Langenau, Erik E ^a   Dyer, Caitlin ^a   Roberts, William L ^a   Wilson, Crystal ^a   Gimpel, John ^a  

^a National Center for Clinical Skills Testing   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LICENSING; MALE; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICENSURE, MEDICAL; MALE; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954719371     PISSN: 00986151     EISSN: 00986151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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