Medical students' knowledge of the U.S. health care system and their preferences for curricular change: A national survey

Academic Medicine

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 484-488

  Agrawal, Jaya R ^a   Huebner, Jeffrey ^b   Hedgecock, Joan ^c   Sehgal, Ashwini R ^d   Jung, Paul ^e   Simon, Steven R ^f  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

^c American Medical Student Association   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAREER; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMPREHENSION; CURRICULUM; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SATISFACTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17844384238     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200505000-00017     Document Type: Review

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