Curricular requirements for musculoskeletal medicine in American medical schools

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 565-567

  DiCaprio, Matthew R ^a   Covey, Aaron ^a   Bernstein, Joseph ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; E-MAIL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; RHEUMATOLOGY; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; ARTICLE; STATISTICS;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037364440     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200303000-00027     Document Type: Review

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