What biomedical science should be included in undergraduate medical courses and how is this decided

Medical Teacher

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 360-367

  Bull, Stephanie ^a   Mattick, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; REVIEW; STANDARD;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS;

EID: 77951692440     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01421590903434144     Document Type: Review

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