Impact of various continuing medical education activities on clinical practice - A survey of Malaysian doctors on its perceived importance

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 281-284

  Loh, Li Cher ^a,d   Ong, Hean Teik ^b   Quah, Soon Hoe ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b HT Ong Heart Clinic   (Malaysia)

^c SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^d INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Clinical practice; Continuing medical education; Doctors; Malaysia; Pharmaceutical industry

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DRUG INDUSTRY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PHYSICIAN; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; URBAN AREA;

EID: 34548178986     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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