Perception of medical students towards the clinical relevance of anatomy

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 560-564

  Moxham, Bernard J ^a   Plaisant, O ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Anatomy and clinical relevance; Attitudes; Medical students

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CURRICULUM; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING;

ANATOMY; ATTITUDE; CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FRANCE; HUMANS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; WALES;

EID: 34250878353     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20453     Document Type: Article

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