Training medical students in community health: A novel required fourth-year clerkship at the University of Rochester

Academic Medicine

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 357-364

  McIntosh, Scott ^a,b   Block, Robert C ^a   Kapsak, Gabrielle ^a   Pearson, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 41449091318     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181668410     Document Type: Review

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