Students' perceptions of educational environment in a medical school experiencing curricular transition in United Arab Emirates

Medical Teacher

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Shehnaz, Syed Ilyas ^a   Sreedharan, Jayadevan ^a  

^a GULF MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ATTITUDE; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650799103     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2011.530312     Document Type: Article

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