Survey on Aboriginal issues within Canadian medical programmes

Medical Education

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1101-1109

  Spencer, Adam ^a,b   Young, Todd ^a   Williams, Sarah ^a   Yan, Doris ^a   Horsfall, Susan ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

*Inuits; *School admission criteria; *Schools, medical; Canada; Curriculum; Education, medical, undergraduate *organisation administration; Health services, indigenous; Humans; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; CANADA; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ESKIMO; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MINORITY GROUP; NORMAL HUMAN; POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW;

CANADA; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; INUITS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PERSONNEL SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 27844535389     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2005.02316.x     Document Type: Review

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