A Randomised Assessment of Trainee Doctors' Understanding and Interpretation of Diagnostic Test Results

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 21-28

  Parker, V L ^a,b   Ritchie, J E ^b   Drake, T M ^a   Hookham, J ^a   Balasubramanian, S P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PROBABILITY; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARDS; TRENDS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIANS; PROBABILITY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84966708768     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-015-3214-2     Document Type: Article

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