Back to the basic sciences: An innovative approach to teaching senior medical students how best to integrate basic science and clinical medicine

Academic Medicine

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 662-669

  Spencer, Abby L ^a,b   Brosenitsch, Teresa ^c   Levine, Arthur S ^c   Kanter, Steven L ^c  

^a ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL MEDICINE; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCIENCE IN GENERAL; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; STANDARD; TEACHING;

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FACULTY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 47549084786     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e318178356b     Document Type: Review

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