Should poetry be included in the curriculum for specialty registrars?

Education for Primary Care

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 712-723

  Foster, William ^a,b   Foster, Bill ^a  

^a Saintbridge Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^b Gloucestershire GP VTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Curriculum; Poetry; Specialty registrars; Vocational training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; TEACHING; UNITED KINGDOM; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EID: 37049006516     PISSN: 14739879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14739879.2007.11493610     Document Type: Article

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