Sexy words but impotent curricula: Can social accountability be the change agent of the future?

Medical Teacher

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 605-607

  Gibbs, Trevor ^a  

^a SHUPYK NATIONAL MEDICAL ACADEMY OF POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LEARNING; MASS COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEACHING;

CAREER CHOICE; CURRICULUM; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HUMANS; LEARNING; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; TEACHING;

EID: 79960694685     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2011.590251     Document Type: Note

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