Undergraduate public health education in UK medical schools - Struggling to deliver

Medical Education

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 430-436

  Gillam, Stephen ^a   Bagade, Abhijit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross sectional studies; Curriculum; Education, medical, undergraduate *organisation and administration; Great Britain; Public health *education; Teaching *methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TEACHING; UNITED KINGDOM;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; GREAT BRITAIN; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 33645959233     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2006.02444.x     Document Type: Article

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