Teaching psychiatric diagnostics to general practitioners: Educational methods and their perceived efficacy

Medical Teacher

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Benthem, Gerard H H ^a   Heg, Ruud R ^a   Van Leeuwen, Yvonne D ^a   Metsemakers, Job F M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; REVIEW; STANDARD; TEACHING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; TEACHING;

EID: 75549090809     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590802656008     Document Type: Article

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