Role of clinical context in residents' physical examination diagnostic accuracy

Medical Education

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 415-421

  Sibbald, Matthew ^a,c   Panisko, Daniel ^a,b,c   Cavalcanti, Rodrigo B ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; TEACHING; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TEACHING;

EID: 79952668951     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2010.03896.x     Document Type: Article

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