The status and future of osteopathic medical education in the United States

Academic Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 707-711

  Shannon, Stephen C ^a   Teitelbaum, Howard S ^b  

^a AACOM   (United States)

^b Lincoln Memorial University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICS;

CAREER CHOICE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649888545     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181a43be8     Document Type: Review

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