Virtual alternative to the oral examination for emergency medicine residents

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 336-343

  McGrath, Jillian ^a   Kman, Nicholas ^a   Danforth, Douglas ^a   Bahner, David P ^a   Khandelwal, Sorabh ^a   Martin, Daniel R ^a   Nagel, Rollin ^b   Verbeck, Nicole ^b   Way, David P ^a   Nelson, Richard ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational technology; Emergency medicine; Graduate medical education; Immersive learning environments; Oral examination; Virtual simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; VIRTUAL REALITY; VIRTUAL SIMULATION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EDUCATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION;

EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84925717546     PISSN: 1936900X     EISSN: 19369018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2015.1.24344     Document Type: Article

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