International Health Electives: Four years of experience

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 133-141

  Miranda, J Jaime ^a   Yudkin, John S ^a   Willott, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electives; Global health; International health; Medical education; Medical students; Travel; Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL MEDICINE; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 19144364917     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2004.09.003     Document Type: Article

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