Improving undergraduate musculoskeletal education: A continuing challenge

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2298-2299

  Thompson, Andrew E ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EXAMINATION; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

CANADA; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PATIENT SIMULATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING;

EID: 57349195177     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.080972     Document Type: Editorial

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