The importance of seeing the patient: Test-enhanced learning with standardized patients and written tests improves clinical application of knowledge

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 409-425

  Larsen, Douglas P ^a   Butler, Andrew C ^b   Lawson, Amy L ^a   Roediger III, Henry L ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Long term retention; Simulation; Standardized patients; Test enhanced learning; Tests

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; TEACHING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; LEARNING; PATIENT SIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84881029063     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-012-9379-7     Document Type: Article

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