Comparing diagnostic performance and the utility of clinical vignette-based assessment under testing conditions designed to encourage either automatic or analytic thought

Academic Medicine

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1545-1551

  Ilgen, Jonathan S ^a   Bowen, Judith L ^b   McIntyre, Lucas A ^a   Banh, Kenny V ^c   Barnes, David ^d   Coates, Wendy C ^e   Druck, Jeffrey ^f   Fix, Megan L ^f   Rimple, Diane ^g   Yarris, Lalena M ^b   Eva, Kevin W ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of California School of Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 84885184993     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3182a31c1e     Document Type: Article

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