The effect of gender interactions on students physical examination ratings in objective structured clinical examination stations

Academic Medicine

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1772-1776

  Carson, Julie A ^a   Peets, Adam ^b   Grant, Vincent ^a   McLaughlin, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 78649316950     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181f52ef8     Document Type: Article

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