To effectively evaluate medical literature, practicing physicians and medical researchers
must understand the impact of statistical tests on research outcomes. Applying inefficient …

Background. Evidence suggests there is bias toward lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender
(LGBT) persons by social workers; unfortunately, little research has been conducted to …

Abstract Information technology helps meet today’s medical students’ needs by providing
multiple curriculum delivery methods. Video streaming is an e-learning technology that uses …

Measurement experts generally agree that a systematic approach to test construction will
probably result in an instrument with sound psychometric properties. One fundamental method …

Normal transesophageal echocardiographic measurements have not been presented
previously relative to the effects of age, sex, and body surface area. This comparison was …

Background and Objectives: Failing Step 1 of the US Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE)
or a delay in taking the exam can negatively affect a medical student’s ability to match …

Purpose To determine whether specific knowledge and skills medical students acquire after
completing a Year 1 genetics course are retained at the end of Year 3. Methods A genetics …

A significant consumer issue today concerns tobacco advertising and youth smoking
behavior and what is being done in the interest of these young consumers to reduce smoking. …

Background: In-training evaluations in graduate medical education have typically been
challenging. Although the majority of standardized examination delivery methods have become …

Wayne State University Medical School has implemented wireless handheld computers or
PocketPCs (PPCs) into all four years of the undergraduate curriculum. A transition from a …