The contribution and challenges of electives in the development of social accountability in medical students

Medical Teacher

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 643-648

  Murdoch Eaton, Deborah ^a   Green, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 79960676199     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2011.590252     Document Type: Article

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