Assessing the status of ophthalmic education 100 years after the flexner report

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 128, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1600-1601

  Higginbotham, Eve J ^a   Lippa, Linda ^b  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NURSE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; STANDARDIZATION; VACCINATION;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650113668     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2010.280     Document Type: Editorial

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