Influence of national culture on the adoption of integrated medical curricula

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-16

  Jippes, Mariëlle ^a   Majoor, Gerard D ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Curriculum innovation; Integrated curricula; National culture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CURRICULUM; HUMAN; MASCULINITY; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNCERTAINTY;

CULTURE; CURRICULUM; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MASCULINITY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMETRICS; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 79954793057     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-010-9236-5     Document Type: Article

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