Twelve tips for teaching diversity and embedding it in the medical curriculum

Medical Teacher

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 990-993

  Dogra, Nisha ^a   Reitmanova, Sylvia ^b   Carter Pokras, Olivia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CURRICULUM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EVALUATION; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT; POLICY; SAFETY; SCHOOL; SHORT SURVEY; SKILL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT ATTITUDE; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; TEACHER; TEACHING; TEAM BUILDING; TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY;

CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; TEACHING;

EID: 70450210024     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01421590902960326     Document Type: Short Survey

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