Medical education and the tyranny of competency

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 90-102

  Brooks, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORISM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HUMAN; STANDARD; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

BEHAVIORISM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; KENTUCKY; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 63349110678     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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