The rise of learning communities in medical education: A socio-structural analysis

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 6-9

  Hafferty, Frederic W ^a   Watson, Kathleen V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; COMMUNITY CARE; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; LEARNING; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34547156088     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03174367     Document Type: Review

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