A curriculum to teach medical students to care for people with disabilities: Development and initial implementation

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Symons, Andrew B ^a   McGuigan, Denise ^a   Akl, Elie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; DISABLED PERSON; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; DISABLED PERSONS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW YORK; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 76849116366     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-78     Document Type: Article

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