Perceptions of preparedness for the first medical clerkship: A systematic review and synthesis

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Surmon, Laura ^a   Bialocerkowski, Andrea ^b   Hu, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clerkship; Clinical education; Experiential learning; Informal learning; Medical school; Preparedness; Transition; Workplace based learning

Indexed keywords

CINAHL; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; EMBASE; EXPECTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL SUBJECT HEADINGS; MEDLINE; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SCIENTIST; SKILL; SOUND; SYNTHESIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNCERTAINTY; VOCATION; WEB OF SCIENCE; WORKLOAD; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84960861141     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-016-0615-3     Document Type: Article

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