The script concordance test as a measure of clinical reasoning skills in geriatric urinary incontinence

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2178-2184

  Ruiz, Jorge G ^a,b,c   Tunuguntla, Renuka ^a,b   Charlin, Bernard ^d   Ouslander, Joseph G ^b,e   Symes, Stephen N ^b,f   Gagnon, Robert ^d   Phancao, Francois ^b,c   Roos, Bernard A ^a,b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Stein Gerontological Institute   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical reasoning; medical education; script concordance test; urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL REASONING; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GERIATRICS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL STUDENT; RELIABILITY; RESIDENT; SCRIPT CONCORDANCE TEST; URINE INCONTINENCE; WORK EXPERIENCE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 78449313057     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03136.x     Document Type: Article

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