Ruralising medical curricula: The importance of context in problem design

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-17

  Hays, Richard ^a   Sen Gupta, Tarun ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Curriculum design; Indigenous health; Rural health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TEACHING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SCHOOL; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FACULTY, MEDICAL; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RURAL HEALTH; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 0038777301     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1584.2003.00483.x     Document Type: Article

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