Three domains of competency in global health education: Recommendations for all medical students

Academic Medicine

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 222-225

  Houpt, Eric R ^a,b,f   Pearson, Richard D ^a,c   Hall, Thomas L ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene   (United States)

^c Department of Internal Medicine

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Global Health Education Consortium   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REVIEW; TROPICAL MEDICINE;

EID: 33847331103     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3180305c10     Document Type: Review

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