A core physical exam for medical students: Results of a national survey

Academic Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 436-442

  Gowda, Deepthiman ^a   Blatt, Benjamin ^b   Fink, Mary Johanna ^a   Kosowicz, Lynn Y ^c   Baecker, Aileen ^d   Silvestri, Ronald C ^e  

^a College of Physicians and Surg ^*  (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STANDARD;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 84894665456     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000137     Document Type: Article

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