Applying evidence in practice through small group learning: A Scottish pilot of a Canadian programme

Education for Primary Care

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 465-472

  MacVicar, Ronald ^a   Cunningham, David ^b   Cassidy, Joe ^b   McCalister, Peter ^b   O'Rourke, Jeremiah G ^a   Kelly, Diane R ^b  

^a RAIGMORE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS EDUCATION FOR SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence based practice; General practitioners; Small group learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GROUP PRACTICE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PILOT STUDY; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 33750417507     PISSN: 14739879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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