The development of a mandatory medical thesis in an urban medical school

Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 363-369

  Ogunyemi, Dotun ^a,b   Bazargan, Mohsen ^a   Norris, Keith ^a   Jones Quaidoo, Sean ^a   Wolf, Kenneth ^a   Edelstein, Ronald ^a   Baker, Richard S ^a   Calmes, Daphne ^a  

^a CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b KING DREW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICINE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; DISSERTATIONS, ACADEMIC; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 27844522336     PISSN: 10401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15328015tlm1704_9     Document Type: Article

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