Radiation Oncology in Undergraduate Medical Education: A Literature Review

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 649-655

  Dennis, Kristopher E B ^a   Duncan, Graeme ^a  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL REASONING; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MEDLINE; MODEL CURRICULUM; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING; STAND -ALONE; STUDENT EVALUATION; STUDENT KNOWLEDGE; TEACHING OBJECTIVES; TUMOR BIOLOGY; UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION; WEB-BASED CURRICULUM;

BIOLOGY; CURRICULA; EDUCATION COMPUTING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; RADIATION; ROTATION; STUDENTS; TEACHING; TUMORS;

ONCOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CURRICULUM; DATA BASE; EVALUATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; KNOWLEDGE; LIBRARY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PHYSICS; TEACHING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; RADIATION ONCOLOGY;

EID: 76049099555     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.08.038     Document Type: Article

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