Is accreditation a true reflection of quality?

Medical Education

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 542-544

  Al Alwan, Ibrahim ^a  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; CERTIFICATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD;

ACCREDITATION; CERTIFICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84861473818     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2012.04259.x     Document Type: Note

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