Transitional clerkship: An experiential course based on workplace learning theory

Academic Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 872-876

  Chittenden, Eva H ^a   Henry, Duncan ^b   Saxena, Varun ^c   Loeser, Helen ^d   O'Sullivan, Patricia S ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Boston Combined Residency Program in Pediatrics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EDUCATION; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; LEARNING; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; SHORT SURVEY; THEORY; WORKPLACE; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CURRICULUM; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PRECEPTORSHIP; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; SAN FRANCISCO; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 67649830210     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181a815e9     Document Type: Short Survey

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