How we developed and piloted an electronic key features examination for the internal medicine clerkship based on a US national curriculum

Medical Teacher

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 807-812

  Bronander, Kirk A ^a   Lang, Valerie J ^b   Nixon, L James ^c   Harrell, Heather E ^d   Kovach, Regina ^e   Hingle, Susan ^e   Berman, Norman ^f  

^a University of Nevada   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^f DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNET; PROCEDURES;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNET; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84941632854     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2014.990876     Document Type: Article

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