Use of a modified journal club and letters to editors to teach critical appraisal skills

Journal of Allied Health

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-51

  Green, Bart N ^a,b,d   Johnson, Claire D ^b,c  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d Branch Medical Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHIROPRACTIC; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; STANDARD; TEACHING; WRITING;

CHIROPRACTIC; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; TEACHING; WRITING;

EID: 34047107786     PISSN: 00907421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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