Plagiarism: A case study of quality improvement in a taught postgraduate programme

Medical Teacher

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Marshall, Tom ^a   Taylor, Beck ^a   Hothersall, Ellie ^a   Pérez Martín, Leticia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PUBLISHING; PUNISHMENT; QUALITY CONTROL;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; PLAGIARISM; PUNISHMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; SOFTWARE;

EID: 79959507506     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2011.579201     Document Type: Article

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