Oncology education in Canadian undergraduate and postgraduate training programs

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 284-290

  Cheung, Winson Y ^a   Fishman, Paula N ^a   Verma, Sunil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ONCOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; TEACHING;

CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEACHING;

EID: 73949139251     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08858190902973143     Document Type: Article

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