Developing a novel poverty in healthcare curriculum for medical students at the University of Michigan Medical School

Academic Medicine

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-13

  Doran, Kelly M ^a   Kirley, Katherine ^b   Barnosky, Andrew R ^c,d   Williams, Joy C ^c   Cheng, Jason E ^c  

^a BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 37649004247     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31815c6791     Document Type: Review

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