Focus groups: A useful tool for curriculum evaluation

Family Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 500-507

  Frasier, Pamela York ^a   Slatt, Lisa ^a   Kowlowitz, Vicki ^a   Kollisch, Donald O ^b   Mintzer, Melanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FAMILY MEDICINE; MEDICAL EDUCATION;

CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FAMILY PRACTICE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 0030762651     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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