Introducing psychiatry to rural physicians in China: An innovative education project

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 168, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1249-1254

  Law, Samuel F ^a,b   Liu, Pozi ^a,b   Hodges, Brian D ^a,b   Shera, Wes ^a,b   Huang, Xuezhu ^a,b   Zaheer, Juveria ^a,b   Links, Paul S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOEDUCATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHIATRY;

ADULT; CHINA; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIANS; PSYCHIATRY; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 84857081890     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11040654     Document Type: Review

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