A report on the piloting of a novel computer-based medical case simulation for teaching and formative assessment of diagnostic laboratory testing

Medical Education Online

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Kreiter, Clarence D ^a   Haugen, Thomas ^a   Leaven, Timothy ^a   Goerdt, Christopher ^a   Rosenthal, Nancy ^a   McGaghie, William C ^b   Dee, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical skills assessment; Computer based simulation; Formative assessment; Laboratory medicine; Performance assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PILOT STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PERCEPTION; PILOT PROJECTS; SOFTWARE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955678811     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10872981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/meo.v16i0.5646     Document Type: Article

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