Attributes of effective community preceptors for pre-clerkship medical students

Medical Teacher

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 251-259

  Lie, Désirée ^a   Boker, John ^a   Dow, Emily ^a   Murata, Penny ^a   Encinas, Jennifer ^a   Gutierrez, David ^a   Morrison, Elizabeth H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH VISITOR; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NARRATIVE; ORIENTATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; ROTATION; TEACHING;

COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; HUMANS; OBSERVATION; PRECEPTORSHIP; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 71149108885     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590802139765     Document Type: Article

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