Evaluation of skills training during clerkships using student focus groups

Medical Teacher

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 428-432

  Remmen, R ^a   Denekens, J ^a   Scherpbier, A J J A ^b   Van Der Vleuten, C P M ^b   Hermann, I ^a   Van Puymbroeck, H ^a   Bossaert, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; SKILL;

EID: 0031666896     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421599880517     Document Type: Article

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