Teaching social accountability by making the links: Qualitative evaluation of student experiences in a service-learning project

Medical Teacher

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 659-666

  Meili, Ryan ^a   Fuller, Daniel ^b   Lydiate, Jessica ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEACHING;

ALTRUISM; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEARNING; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 79960663222     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2010.530308     Document Type: Article

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