Medical education in Japan

Academic Medicine

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1069-1075

  Kozu, Tadahiko ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; EXAMINATION; JAPAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 33751429786     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ACM.0000246682.45610.dd     Document Type: Review

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