Intercultural competence in medical education - Essential to acquire, difficult to assess

Medical Teacher

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 862-865

  Hamilton, John ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD;

AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; LEARNING; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 77952703856     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590802530906     Document Type: Short Survey

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