Clinical experience of medical students in primary care: Use of an electronic log in monitoring experience and in guiding education in the Cambridge Community Based Clinical Course

Medical Education

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 429-433

  Alderson, T St J ^a   Oswald, N T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Automatic data processing; Community medicine; Education; Feasibility studies; Medical students; Microcomputers; Preceptorship; Specialities medicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; DERMATOLOGY; EXPERIENCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL SURGERY; GYNECOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MICROCOMPUTER; OBSTETRICS; ORTHOPEDICS; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHIATRY; RHEUMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033065288     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.1999.00336.x     Document Type: Article

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