Finding Effective Strategies for Teaching Ethics: A Comparison Trial of Two Interventions

Academic Medicine

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 265-271

  Smith, Sherilyn ^a   Fryer Edwards, Kelly ^a   Diekema, Douglas S ^a   Braddock III, Clarence H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; ETHICS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHING; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 1442281179     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200403000-00015     Document Type: Article

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