Comparing a Script Concordance Examination to a Multiple-Choice Examination on a Core Internal Medicine Clerkship

Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 187-193

  Kelly, William ^a   Durning, Steven ^a   Denton, Gerald ^a  

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

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNAL MEDICINE; METHODOLOGY; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SATISFACTION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863826794     PISSN: 10401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10401334.2012.692239     Document Type: Article

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