Competency-based medical education: Implications for undergraduate programs

Medical Teacher

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 646-650

  Harris, Peter ^a   Snell, Linda ^b   Talbot, Martin ^c   Harden, Ronald M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS;

EID: 77955065268     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2010.500703     Document Type: Article

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