Science and medical education: Is it time to revisit Flexner?

Medical Education

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 44-50

  Weatherall, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

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

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 78650131213     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2010.03761.x     Document Type: Article

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