Rapid change in Japanese medical education

Medical Teacher

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 403-408

  Onishi, Hirotaka ^a   Yoshida, Ichiro ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL MEDICINE; CURRICULUM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALPRACTICE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; JAPAN; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING;

EID: 5644304659     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590412331270492     Document Type: Article

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