Quality assurance of community based undergraduate medical curricula: A cross-sectional survey

Education for Primary Care

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 135-142

  Jones, Roger ^a   Stephenson, Anne ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community based education; Quality assurance; Undergraduate education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 41649108410     PISSN: 14739879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14739879.2008.11493665     Document Type: Article

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