Strengthening public health medicine training for medical students: Development and evaluation of a lifestyle curriculum

Medical Teacher

Volumn 30, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages

  Barss, Peter ^a   Grivna, Michal ^a   Al Maskari, Fatma ^a   Kershaw, Geraldine ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

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Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SMOKING CESSATION; TRAFFIC SAFETY; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; LIFESTYLE; METHODOLOGY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH;

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 63449094857     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590802334267     Document Type: Article

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