People with developmental disabilities teaching medical students - Does it make a difference?

Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 345-348

  Tracy, Jane ^a   Iacono, Teresa ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Developmental disability; Developmental disability health; Developmental disability medicine; Intellectual disability; Medical education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SKILL; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TIME; TRAINING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FACULTY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MENTAL RETARDATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57049112125     PISSN: 13668250     EISSN: 14699532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13668250802478633     Document Type: Article

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