Physical examination education in graduate medical education - A systematic review of the literature

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1090-1099

  Mookherjee, Somnath ^a   Pheatt, Lara ^b   Ranji, Sumant R ^c   Chou, Calvin L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

deliberate practice; graduate medical education; physical examination

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMBASE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION RESEARCH STUDY QUALITY INSTRUMENT SCORE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; NARRATIVE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; RESIDENT; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 84880512588     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-013-2380-x     Document Type: Review

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