Comparing PDA-and paper-based evaluation of the clinical skills of third-year students

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-13

  Torre, Dario M ^a   Treat, Robert ^b   Durning, Steven ^c   Elnicki, D Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Medical College of Wisconsin   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL STUDENT; PAPER; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL LEARNING; STUDENT SATISFACTION;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 79957648676     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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