Candidates' views of the MRCGP examination and its effects upon approaches to learning: A questionnaire study in the Northern Deanery

Education for Primary Care

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 146-157

  Dixon, Hilton ^a,b  

^a Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; General practice registrars; Learning; MRCGP; Vocational training

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; GENERAL PRACTICE; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAINING; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EID: 0038273899     PISSN: 14739879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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