Effects of a supplementary final year curriculum on students' clinical reasoning skills as assessed by key-feature examination

Medical Teacher

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Nikendei, C ^a   Mennin, S ^b   Weyrich, P ^c   Kraus, B ^a   Zipfel, S ^c   Schrauth, M ^c   Junger J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LEARNING; MALE; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951994142     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590902845873     Document Type: Article

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