Training tomorrow's anatomists today: A partnership approach

Anatomical Sciences Education

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 119-125

  Fraher, John P ^a   Evans, Darrell J R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatomical knowledge; Anatomy; Communication skills; Dissection; Educators; Training

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; FACULTY PRACTICE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; TEACHING;

ANATOMY; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; MENTORS;

EID: 67651242016     PISSN: 19359772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ase.81     Document Type: Article

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