Issues and priorities of medical education research in Asia

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 257-263

  Majumder, Md Anwarul Azim ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Decision making; Educational; Evidence based; Research methods

Indexed keywords

ASIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL; ORGANIZATION; POLICY; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEACHING;

EID: 2542420759     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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