The impact of repeat information on examinee performance for a large-scale standardized-patient examination

Academic Medicine

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1506-1510

  Swygert, Kimberly A ^a   Balog, Kevin P ^a   Jobe, Ann ^b  

^a NATIONAL BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS   (United States)

^b Clinical Skills Evaluation Collaboration (CSEC)   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LICENSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; LICENSURE; PATIENT SIMULATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956074340     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181eadb25     Document Type: Article

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