What training is needed in the fourth year of medical school? Views of residency program directors

Academic Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 823-829

  Lyss Lerman, Pamela ^a   Teherani, Arianne ^b   Aagaard, Eva ^c   Loeser, Helen ^b   Cooke, Molly ^b   Harper, G Michael ^b,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CURRICULUM; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONALISM; CLINICAL EDUCATION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICINE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PRODUCTIVITY; STANDARD; TEACHER;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EFFICIENCY; FACULTY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MENTORS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PHYSICIAN EXECUTIVES; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 67649755632     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181a82426     Document Type: Article

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