A final clinical examination using a sequential design to improve cost-effectiveness

Medical Education

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 741-747

  Cookson, John ^a   Crossley, Jim ^b   Fagan, Gay ^a   Mckendree, Jean ^a   Mohsen, Amr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; TEACHING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PATIENT SIMULATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79958199076     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2010.03926.x     Document Type: Article

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