An online spaced-education game to teach and assess medical students: A multi-institutional prospective trial

Academic Medicine

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1443-1449

  Kerfoot, B Price ^a   Baker, Harley ^b   Pangaro, Louis ^c   Agarwal, Kathryn ^d   Taffet, George ^d,e   Mechaber, Alex J ^f   Armstrong, Elizabeth G ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY CHANNEL ISLANDS   (United States)

^c Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 84867028766     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e318267743a     Document Type: Article

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