Correspondence between healthcare professionals: An evaluation of a medical student workshop on the importance of the discharge letter

Education for Primary Care

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 155-161

  Jiwa, Moyez ^a   Freeman, Jenny ^b   Tanner, Stuart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication skills; Evaluation; Undergraduate education; Workshop

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; WORKSHOP; WRITING;

EID: 33645763878     PISSN: 14739879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14739879.2006.11864052     Document Type: Article

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