One medical school's effort to ready the workforce for the future: Preparing medical students to care for populations who are publicly insured

Academic Medicine

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 632-638

  Turner, Jane L ^a,b   Farquhar, Lynda ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT ATTITUDE; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MICHIGAN; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 47549100375     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31817836af     Document Type: Review

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