The Residency Program in Social Medicine of Montefiore Medical Center: 37 Years of mission-driven, interdisciplinary training in primary care, population health, and social medicine

Academic Medicine

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 378-389

  Strelnick, A H ^a   Swiderski, Debbie ^a   Fornari, Alice ^a   Gorski, Victoria ^a   Korin, Eliana ^a   Ozuah, Philip ^a   Townsend, Janet M ^a   Selwyn, Peter A ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; SOCIAL MEDICINE; TRAINING;

EID: 41449109212     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31816684a4     Document Type: Review

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