Viewpoint: A proposal for teaching basic clinical skills for mastery: The case against vertical integration

Academic Medicine

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-91

  Benbassat, Jochanan ^a   Baumal, Reuben ^b  

^a MYERS JDC BROOKDALE INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EDUCATION; COUNSELING; CURRICULUM; HEALTH PROMOTION; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING; SKILL; STUDENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; TEACHING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; TEACHING;

EID: 33845980253     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ACM.0000249875.80170.92     Document Type: Review

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