Teaching medical students about different health care systems: An international exchange program

Academic Medicine

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 388-390

  Finkel, Madelon L ^a,b   Fein, Oliver ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Office of International Medical Education   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHING; UNITED STATES; EUROPE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; TEACHER;

CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MENTORS; POLITICS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646381644     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200604000-00013     Document Type: Article

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