Social accountability: The extra leap to excellence for educational institutions

Medical Teacher

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 614-619

  Boelen, Charles ^a   Woollard, Robert ^b  

^a International Consultant ^*  (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARD;

CANADA; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 79960662803     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2011.590248     Document Type: Article

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