The Use of Station Time Allotments by Fourth Year Medical Students in a Standardized Patient-Based Clinical Skills Examination

Karen SzauterThe University of Texas Medical Branch, GalvestonTexas, USACorrespondence[email protected]

Michael AinsworthThe University of Texas Medical Branch, GalvestonTexas, USA

Judy ThorntonThe University of Texas Medical Branch, GalvestonTexas, USA

Hazel SmithThe University of Texas Medical Branch, GalvestonTexas, USA

Martha PhippsThe University of Texas Medical Branch, GalvestonTexas, USA

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