Medical curricula and preventing childhood obesity: Pooling the resources of medical students and primary care to inform curricula

Education for Primary Care

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 87-92

  Wylie, Ann ^a   Furmedge, Daniel S ^a   Appleton, Amber ^a   Toop, Helen ^a   Coats, Tom ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Core curricula; Evidence based teaching; Nice guidelines; Obesity and obesity prevention; Primary care teaching; Special study modules; Student role in curricula

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; CURRICULUM; DIET; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; OBESITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SITTING; SOCIAL ASPECT; TEACHER; TEACHING; URBAN AREA; CHILD; EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING;

CHILD; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; OBESITY; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING;

EID: 68349121650     PISSN: 14739879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14739879.2009.11493772     Document Type: Article

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