The use of an essay examination in evaluating medical students during the surgical clerkship

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 274-278

  Smart, Blair J ^a   Rinewalt, Daniel ^a   Daly, Shaun C ^a   Janssen, Imke ^a   Luu, Minh B ^a   Myers, Jonathan A ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Medical student; Objective examination; Subjective examination; Surgical education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CORONER; ESSAY EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TRAINING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; EVALUATION STUDY; GENERAL SURGERY; PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES; WRITING;

ADULT; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; WRITING;

EID: 84951569180     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2015.03.035     Document Type: Article

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