Effects of using an abdominal simulator to develop palpatory competencies in 3rd year medical students

Abstract Background Medical school faculty are hard pressed to provide clerkship students with sufficient opportunity to develop and practice their capacity to perform a competent clinical examination, including the palpatory examination of the abdomen. We evaluated the impact of training with an ab...

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Main Authors: Robert M. Hamm, David M. Kelley, Jose A. Medina, Noreen S. Syed, Geraint A. Harris, Frank J. Papa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-01-01
Series:BMC Medical Education
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-022-03126-y