Scope and nature of pain- and analgesia-related content of the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE)

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 449-459

  Fishman, Scott M ^a   Carr, Daniel B ^b   Hogans, Beth ^c   Cheatle, Martin ^d   Gallagher, Rollin M ^d   Katzman, Joanna ^e   Mackey, Sean ^f   Polomano, Rosemary ^g   Popescu, Adrian ^d   Rathmell, James P ^h   Rosenquist, Richard W ⁱ   Tauben, David ^j   Beckett, Laurel ^k   Li, Yueju ^k   Mongoven, Jennifer M ^k   Young, Heather M ^l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^h HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

ⁱ LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Competency; Education; Pain content; USMLE

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CURRICULUM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LICENSING; METHODOLOGY; OPIATE ADDICTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; LICENSURE, MEDICAL; PAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 85050641230     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pm/pnx336     Document Type: Article

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