The Educational Effects of a Summative Diagnostic Reasoning Examination Among Second-Year Medical Students

Medical Science Educator

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 667-673

  Lupi, Carla S ^a   Tempest, Helen G ^a   Ward Peterson, Melissa ^b   Ory, Steven J ^a,c  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IVF Florida Reproductive Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic reasoning; Educational effect of assessment; Summative assessment; Undergraduate medical education

Indexed keywords

EID: 85061924545     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21568650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40670-018-0610-x     Document Type: Article

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