Global core recommendations for a musculoskeletal undergraduate curriculum

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 517-524

  Woolf, A D ^a   Walsh, N E ^b   Akesson K ^c  

^a ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPETENCE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL STUDENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; ORTHOPEDICS; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOLOGY; SCIENCE; SKILL; SYMPTOM; THEORY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; ORTHOPEDICS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TEACHING;

EID: 1942500383     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2003.016071     Document Type: Article

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