How well prepared are medical students for their first year as doctors? The views of consultants and specialist registrars in two teaching hospitals

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 1009, 2009, Pages 582-589

  Matheson, C ^a   Matheson, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICIAN; SKILL; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSULTANTS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 73249140928     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2008.071639     Document Type: Article

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