The development and implementation of a curriculum to improve clinicians' self-directed learning skills: A pilot project

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-8

  Bravata, Dawn M T ^a,b   Huot, Stephen J ^b   Abernathy, Hadley S ^c   Skeff, Kelley M ^e   Bravata, Dena M C ^d,e  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Schools of the Sacred Heart   (United States)

^d VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LEARNING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MOTIVATION; PHYSICIAN; PILOT STUDY; RESIDENT; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; SKILL;

EID: 2942750402     PISSN: 14726920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-3-1     Document Type: Article

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