Steps to improve the teaching of public health to undergraduate medical students in Canada

Academic Medicine

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 414-418

  Johnson, Ian ^a   Donovan, Denise ^b   Parboosingh, Jean ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; TEACHING; TRAINING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 41449094659     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e318166a8e4     Document Type: Review

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