Medical students' perspectives on a multicultural curriculum

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1078-1083

  Lypson, Monica L ^a,b,c,d   Ross, Paula T ^b,c   Kumagai, Arno K ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b Office of Medical Education   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural competence; Education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACISM; STEREOTYPY;

EID: 52449107812     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-9684(15)31448-6     Document Type: Article

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