Comparing the educational environment (as measured by DREEM) at two different stages of curriculum reform

Medical Teacher

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Edgren, Gudrun ^a   Haffling, Ann Christin ^a   Jakobsson, Ulf ^a   McAleer, Sean ^b   Danielsen, Nils ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN;

ADULT; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953148873     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01421591003706282     Document Type: Article

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