Medical teachers' professional development - perceived barriers and opportunities

Teaching in Higher Education

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 399-408

  Stenfors Hayes, Terese ^a   Weurlander, Maria ^a   Dahlgren, Lars Owe ^a   Hult, H̊kan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Educational development; Higher education; Medical teacher; Professional development; Self efficacy; Teaching and learning regime

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954248048     PISSN: 13562517     EISSN: 14701294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2010.493352     Document Type: Article

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