Evaluating the effects of an integrated medical ethics curriculum on first-year students

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 4-18

  Chin, Jacqueline J L ^a   Voo, Teck Chuan ^a   Abdul Karim, Syahirah ^a   Chan, Yiong Huak ^b   Campbell, Alastair V ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ethics attitudes; Learning outcomes; Professionalism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL STUDENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC OPINION; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

EID: 79951819867     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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