Curricular trends in Malaysian Medical Schools: Innovations within

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 647-654

  Azila, Nor Mohd Adnan ^a   Rogayah, Jaafar ^b   Zabidi Hussin, Zabidi Azhar Mohd Hussin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Community oriented medical education; Pre registration house officer; Problem based learning

Indexed keywords

BIOETHICS; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALAYSIA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; CURRICULUM; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 33750738234     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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