Educational supervisors evaluate the preparedness of graduates from a reformed UK curriculum to work as pre-registration house officers (PRHOs): A qualitative study

Medical Education

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 995-1001

  Watmough, Simon ^a   Taylor, David ^a   Garden, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

*education, medical, graduate; Cohort studies; Curriculum; Faculty; Great Britain; Medical staff, hospital *education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CURRICULUM; GRADUATE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY;

COHORT STUDIES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FACULTY; GREAT BRITAIN; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 33748923960     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2006.02563.x     Document Type: Article

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