Graduates from a traditional medical curriculum evaluate the effectiveness of their medical curriculum through interviews

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Watmough, Simon ^a   O'Sullivan, Helen ^a   Taylor, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CURRICULUM; DISEASE COURSE; GRADUATE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; SKILL; TEACHING; WORK; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 72449146763     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-64     Document Type: Article

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