Do visits help improve the quality of teaching within undergraduate teaching practices?

Education for Primary Care

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 429-434

  Elam, Paul ^a   Scales, Michael ^b   Pearson, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Practice visits; Primary care; Quality assurance; Undergraduate teaching

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; TEACHING; UNITED KINGDOM;

DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FACULTY, MEDICAL; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; TEACHING;

EID: 76449115446     PISSN: 14739879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14739879.2009.11493830     Document Type: Article

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