International standards in medical education: Assessment and accreditation of medical schools' - Educational programmes. A WFME position paper

Medical Education

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 549-558

 

^a World Federation for Medical Education   (Denmark)

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Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; POLICY; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW;

EID: 0031718265     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.1998.00302.x     Document Type: Review

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