Teaching clinical skills in developing countries: Are clinical skills centres the answer?

Education for Health

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 298-306

  Stark, Patsy ^a   Fortune, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b St Bartholomews Royal London Dental ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical skills centres; Developing countries; Interprofessional education; Teaching and learning strategies

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COMPETENCE; CONSUMER; CULTURAL FACTOR; CURRICULUM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; METHODOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHILOSOPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; SKILL; STANDARD; TEACHING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTION;

EID: 0344826480     PISSN: 13576283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13576280310001607433     Document Type: Article

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