Tracking development of clinical reasoning ability across five medical schools using a progress test

Academic Medicine

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1148-1154

  Williams, Reed G ^a   Klamen, Debra L ^a   White, Christopher B ^b   Petrusa, Emil ^c   Fincher, Ruth Marie E ^b   Whitfield, Carol F ^d   Shatzer, John H ^c   McCarty, Teresita ^e   Miller, Bonnie M ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 80052479464     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31822631b3     Document Type: Article

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