title: The clinical skills laboratory: a cost-effective venue for teaching clinical skills to third-year medical students.
abstract: The authors taught clinical examination and procedural skills using manikins in a clinical skills laboratory as a part of an integrated curriculum in the third-year clerk-ship. This teaching modality was effective and well received by students and faculty.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee 37208, USA.
authors.forename: Jingming
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hao
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Estrada
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tropez-Sims
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000191:economics; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D008348:Manikins; D013663:Teaching / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D013714:Tennessee