Impact of increased authenticity in instructional format on preclerkship students' performance: A two-year, prospective, randomized study

Academic Medicine

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1341-1347

  LaRochelle, Jeffrey S ^a   Durning, Steven J ^a   Pangaro, Louis N ^a   Artino, Anthony R ^a   Van Der Vleuten, Cees ^b   Schuwirth, Lambert ^c  

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

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84867032382     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31826735e2     Document Type: Article

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