Caring for the underserved: Using patient and physician focus groups to inform curriculum development

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 90-95

  Hobson, Wendy L ^a   Avant Mier, Roberto ^b   Cochella, Susan ^a   Van Hala, Sonja ^a   Stanford, Joseph ^a   Alder, Stephen C ^a   Croskell, Sarah E ^a  

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

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Focus groups; Underserved populations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE;

EID: 16344372427     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1367/A04-076R.1     Document Type: Article

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