Biomedical knowledge, clinical cognition and diagnostic justification: A structural equation model

Medical Education

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 309-316

  Cianciolo, Anna T ^a   Williams, Reed G ^a   Klamen, Debra L ^a   Roberts, Nicole K ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL FUNCTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873601339     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/medu.12096     Document Type: Article

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