Institutional marginalisation and student resistance: Barriers to learning about culture, race and ethnicity

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 559-571

  Roberts, Jane H ^a   Sanders, Tom ^b   Mann, Karen ^c   Wass, Val ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Clinical Research Centre   (Canada)

^d KEELE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cultural diversity; Hidden curriculum; Medical education; Problem based learning; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CURRICULUM; ENVIRONMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RACE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TEACHING; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CULTURE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; ENVIRONMENT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PREJUDICE; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL JUSTICE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049418125     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-010-9218-7     Document Type: Article

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