Service Increment for Teaching (SIFT): A review of its origins, development and current role in supporting undergraduate medical education in England and Wales

Medical Education

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 350-358

  Clack, Gillian B ^a,b   Bevan, Gwyn ^a   Eddleston, Adrian L W F ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost allocation; education, medical undergraduate, * economics; Scotland; teaching, * economics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTRACT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE COST; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032957525     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.1999.00310.x     Document Type: Article

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