Learning medicine in primary care: Medical students' perceptions of final-year clinical placements

Education for Primary Care

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 440-449

  Lucas, Beverley ^b   Pearson, David ^a  

^a Joseph Brennan House   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community based education; Educational management; Primary care; Undergraduate education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SATISFACTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 23844447988     PISSN: 14739879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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