Epidemiology teaching: Student and tutor perceptions

Medical Teacher

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 691-695

  Moffat, Mandy ^a   Sinclair, Hazel K ^a,b   Cleland, Jennifer A ^a   Smith, W Cairns S ^a   Taylor, Ross J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; TEACHER; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; SCOTLAND; TEACHING;

EID: 12344289303     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590400013537     Document Type: Article

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