The students' voice: Strengths and weaknesses of an undergraduate medical curriculum in a developing country, a qualitative study

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Ranasinghe, Priyanga ^a   Wickramasinghe, Sashimali A ^a   Wickramasinghe, Ruwan ^a   Olupeliyawa, Asela ^a   Karunathilaka, Indika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

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EID: 79960564337     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-4-256     Document Type: Article

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