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ArticleGMS journal for medical education

Ward rounds in internal medicine: Validation of an Entrustable Professional Activity (EPA) observation checklist.

Valerie Schmelter, Esther März, Christian Adolf, Teresa L Wölfel, Christian Lottspeich, Martin R Fischer, Ralf Schmidmaier

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Article in GMS journal for medical education. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Valerie SchmelterKlinikum der Universität München, Institut für Didaktik und Ausbildungsforschung in der Medizin, München, Germany.
Esther MärzKlinikum der Universität München, Institut für Didaktik und Ausbildungsforschung in der Medizin, München, Germany.
Christian AdolfKlinikum der Universität München, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, München, Germany.
Teresa L WölfelKlinikum der Universität München, Institut für Didaktik und Ausbildungsforschung in der Medizin, München, Germany.
Christian LottspeichKlinikum der Universität München, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, München, Germany.
Martin R FischerKlinikum der Universität München, Institut für Didaktik und Ausbildungsforschung in der Medizin, München, Germany.
Ralf SchmidmaierKlinikum der Universität München, Institut für Didaktik und Ausbildungsforschung in der Medizin, München, Germany.
München Klinik · DELMU Klinikum · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

ChecklistClinical CompetenceEducation, Medical, GraduateHumansInternal MedicineReproducibility of Resultsentrustable professional activityEPAinternal medicine ward roundobservation checklistvalidation study

Identifiers

PMID29963607
PMCPMC6022584
OpenAlexW2965892767

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