Evaluation of the use of patient-focused simulation for student assessment in a surgery clerkship

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 201, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 835-840

  Isenberg, Gerald A ^a   Berg, Katherine W ^a   Veloski, Judith A ^a   Berg, Dale D ^a   Veloski, J Jon ^a   Yeo, Charles J ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clerkship; Clinical skills; Medical students; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SURGICAL TRAINING; SUTURING METHOD;

ADULT; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SIMULATION; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960167037     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2010.01.034     Document Type: Article

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