A new direction for medical education in Ireland?

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 101-103

  Finucane, Paul ^a   Kellett, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b St Joseph's General Hospital Nenagh   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ireland; Medical education; Reform

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; IRELAND; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; TEACHING;

EID: 33847246322     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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