General practice: A leading provider of medical student education in the 21st century?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 124-128

  Thistlethwaite, Jill E ^a   Kidd, Michael R ^a   Hudson, Judith N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMMUNITY; CURRICULUM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MODEL; TEACHER;

EID: 34547490676     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01160.x     Document Type: Article

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