Exposure to the field of renal transplantation during undergraduate medical education in the UK

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Edwards, Anusha G ^a   Newman, Alex ^a   Morgan, Justin D ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; GENERAL SURGERY; MANPOWER; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; GENERAL SURGERY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PERSONNEL SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 25644456727     PISSN: 14726920     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-5-32     Document Type: Article

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