Effectiveness of a 1-year resident training program in clinical research: A controlled before-and-after study

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 122-128

  Löwe, Bernd ^a,b   Hartmann, Mechthild ^b   Wild, Beate ^b   Nikendei, Christoph ^b   Kroenke, Kurt ^c   Niehoff, Dorothea ^b   Henningsen, Peter ^d   Zipfel, Stephan ^e   Herzog, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinical research; Curriculum; Evaluation studies; Medical education; Research training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SELF EVALUATION;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE;

EID: 38849117166     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-007-0397-8     Document Type: Article

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