I came, i saw, i reflected: A qualitative study into learning outcomes of international electives for Japanese and British medical students

Medical Teacher

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Nishigori, Hiroshi ^a   Otani, Takashi ^b   Plint, Simon ^c   Uchino, Minako ^d   Ban, Nobutaro ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BRITISH; CLINICAL MEDICINE; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; JAPANESE; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROFESSIONALISM; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SKILL; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; JAPAN; LEARNING; MALE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 70849096821     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590802516764     Document Type: Article

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