Reforming undergraduate dental education in India: Introducing a credits and semester system

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1596-1602

  Virdi, Mandeep S ^a  

^a PDM Dental College and Research Institute   (India)

Author keywords

Credits; Curriculum reform; Dental education; Dental school curriculum; Higher education; India; Semesters

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; DENTAL EDUCATION; EDUCATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INDIA; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; TIME;

ACCREDITATION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, DENTAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; INDIA; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; SCHOOLS, DENTAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84855856492     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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