Social accountability of medical education: Aspects on global accreditation

Medical Teacher

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 667-672

  Lindgren, Stefan ^a   Karle, Hans ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARD;

ACCREDITATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; LEADERSHIP; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 79960661097     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2011.590246     Document Type: Article

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