Variations in senior medical student diagnostic justification ability

Academic Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 790-798

  Williams, Reed G ^a   Klamen, Debra L ^b   Markwell, Stephen J ^b   Cianciolo, Anna T ^b   Colliver, Jerry A ^b   Verhulst, Steven J ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900520906     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000215     Document Type: Article

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