The social mission of medical education: Ranking the schools

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 152, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 804-811

  Mullan, Fitzhugh ^a   Chen, Candice ^a   Petterson, Stephen ^b   Kolsky, Gretchen ^a   Spagnola, Michael ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROBERT GRAHAM CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; ORGANIZATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

HUMANS; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MINORITY GROUPS; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954054323     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-152-12-201006150-00009     Document Type: Article

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