"Profession": A Working Definition for Medical Educators

Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 74-76

  Cruess, Sylvia R ^a,b   Johnston, Sharon ^a   Cruess, Richard L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Centre for Medical Education   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVALUATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; TEACHER; TEACHING; VOCATION;

EID: 1442275438     PISSN: 10401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15328015tlm1601_15     Document Type: Review

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