General practitioners: Uncelebrated adult learners - A qualitative study

Education for Primary Care

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 370-378

  Bandara, Induja ^a   Calvert, Graham ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adult education; Continuing professional development; General practitioners; Learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MOTIVATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036706433     PISSN: 14739879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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