Higher professional education courses and general practice non-principals in England: A consumer evaluation

Education for Primary Care

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 556-566

  Pitts, John ^a,b   Curtis, Anthony ^c   Howard, John ^d   Smith, Frank ^a  

^a Bristol Medical School   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Wiltshire Services NHS Consortium   (United Kingdom)

^d NHS

Author keywords

Continuing professional development; Educational management; Evaluation; General practice non principals; Higher professional education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EID: 27144515500     PISSN: 14739879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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