Opportunity or threat: The ambiguity of the consequences of transitions in medical education

Medical Education

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-59

  Teunissen, Pim W ^a   Westerman, Michiel ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPECIALIZATION; STANDARD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; SPECIALIZATION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 78650109979     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2010.03755.x     Document Type: Article

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