Medical education on fitness to drive: A survey of all UK medical schools

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 998, 2008, Pages 635-638

  Hawley, C A ^a   Galbraith, N D ^b   Desouza, V A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

^c HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRIVING ABILITY; GRADUATE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING; UNITED KINGDOM;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; GREAT BRITAIN; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 61849110310     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2008.067959     Document Type: Article

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