Evaluation of a clinical attachment in Primary Health Care as a component of undergraduate medical education

Medical Teacher

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Mariolis, Anargiros ^a   Mihas, Constantinos ^a   Alevizos, Alevizos ^a   Papathanasiou, Marek ^a   Mariolis Sapsakos, Theodoros ^a   Marayiannis, Konstantinos ^a   Koutsilieris, Michael ^b  

^a Health Center of Vyronas   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EUROPE; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

CAREER CHOICE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 51649106798     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590802208883     Document Type: Article

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