Basic biomedical sciences and the future of medical education: Implications for internal medicine

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1251-1254

  Brass, Eric P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apprenticeship; Biomedial sciences; Internal medicine; Medical education

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICINE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COGNITION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LEARNING; LICENSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; SKILL;

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 70449344694     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-009-0998-5     Document Type: Review

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