Responding to the implications of the genetics revolution for the education and training of doctors: A medical humanities approach

Medical Education

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 168-173

  Kirklin, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

*clinical competence; Curriculum; Education, medical *standards; Educational measurement; Genetics, medical *education; Reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FAMILY; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC PARAMETERS; HEREDITY; HISTORY; HUMANITIES; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; READING; TEACHING; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WRITING;

GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; GENETICS, MEDICAL; HUMANITIES; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0037299367     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.2003.01433.x     Document Type: Article

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