Community-based education in Nigerian medical schools: Students' perspectives

Education for Health: Change in Learning and Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Heestand Skinner, D E ^a   Onoka, C A ^b   Ofoebgu, E N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Community based education; Medical curriculum; Medical education

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NIGERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKILL; STUDENT ATTITUDE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; CONSUMER; EDUCATION; FEMALE; MALE; MANPOWER; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NIGERIA; PRECEPTORSHIP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 55149104364     PISSN: 13576283     EISSN: 14695804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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