Comparison of Chinese medicine education and training in China and Australia

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 775-779

  Xue, Charlie Changli ^a   Wu, Qing ^a,b   Zhou, Wen Yu ^a   Yang, Wei Hong ^a   Story, David Frederick ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese medicine curricula; Chinese medicine education and training; Graduate capabilities; Higher education

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CURRICULUM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; TEACHING; TRAINING;

EID: 33846013237     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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