Culture in medical education: Comparing a Thai and a Canadian residency programme

Medical Education

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1209-1219

  Wong, Anne K ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CULTURAL FACTOR; CURRICULUM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD; THAILAND;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; THAILAND;

EID: 82455208980     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2011.04059.x     Document Type: Article

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