Graduates from a reformed undergraduate medical curriculum based on Tomorrow's Doctors evaluate the effectiveness of their curriculum 6 years after graduation through interviews

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Watmough, Simon D ^a   O'Sullivan, Helen ^a   Taylor, David C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LEARNING; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; TEACHING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77957166827     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-65     Document Type: Article

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