Is the current South African emergency medicine curriculum fit for purpose? An emergency medicine practice analysis

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 955-958

  Cohen, Kirsten L ^a   Wallis, Lee A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

CLINICAL AUDIT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 80054768609     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2010.104018     Document Type: Article

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