Can training in musculoskeletal examination skills be effectively delivered by undergraduate students as part of the standard curriculum?

Rheumatology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1756-1761

  Perry, Martin E ^a   Burke, Joanne M ^b   Friel, Lorraine ^a   Field, Max ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Curriculum; GALS; Peer learning

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARM; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; LEG; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL STUDENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKILL; SKILL RETENTION; SPINE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PEER GROUP; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHEUMATOLOGY; SCOTLAND; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 77955758193     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keq166     Document Type: Article

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