title: Core problems reported by students in a palm OS and Internet-based problem entry system predicts performance on the third-year internal medicine clerkship.
abstract: CWeblog is a web and palm OS-based system used by medical students to record the problems and diagnoses of patients encountered in third-year clerkships at the Uniformed Services University. Data is available for analysis by clerkship directors as soon as it is entered. A pretest is given on the first day of the internal medicine third-year clerkship (the clerkship), and the National Board of Medical Examiners shelf examination (NBME) is given during the final twelfth week. Internal medicine specialty societies publish a list of 20 core problems in internal medicine to be emphasized during the third-year clerkship.
authors.affiliation: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Denton
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pangaro
mesh_terms: D002982:Clinical Clerkship; D002983:Clinical Competence; D034201:Computers, Handheld; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000193:education*; D020407:Internet; D018794:Problem-Based Learning; D013337:Students, Medical