Increasing the quality and capacity of education: The challenge for the 21st century

Medical Education

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 81-86

  Norcini, John J ^a   Banda, Sekelani S ^b  

^a FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 78650079497     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2010.03738.x     Document Type: Article

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