Do physicians know what they should learn?

Education for Primary Care

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 504-510

  Wun, Y T ^b   Dickinson, James A ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

Author keywords

General practitioners; International; Learning needs; Self assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0036876510     PISSN: 14739879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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