Student perceptions of medico-legal autopsy demonstrations in a student-centred curriculum

Medical Education

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 66-73

  McNamee, Lakshini S ^a   O'Brien, Frances Y ^b   Botha, Julia H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Attitude of health personnel; Autopsy *legislation jurisprudence psychology; Curriculum; Education, medical, undergraduate *methods; Perception; Students, medical *psychology; Teaching *methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUTOPSY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 58149096964     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2008.03248.x     Document Type: Article

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