Implications for undergraduate and graduate education derived from quantitative research in continuing medical education: Lessons learned from an automobile

Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 159-166

  Davis, Dave ^a   Thomson, Mary Ann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automobile; Continuing medical education (CME); Graduate education; Quantitative research; Undergraduate education

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001306035     PISSN: 08941912     EISSN: 1554558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chp.4750160306     Document Type: Article

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