Teaching and learning in morbidity and mortality rounds: An ethnographic study

Medical Education

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 559-569

  Kuper, Ayelet ^a,b,c   Nedden, Natalie Zur ^a   Etchells, Edward ^a,c,d   Shadowitz, Steven ^a,c   Reeves, Scott ^b,d,e,f  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; STANDARD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING ROUNDS;

EID: 77952735267     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2010.03622.x     Document Type: Article

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