Reflections of students graduating from a transforming medical curriculum in South Africa: A qualitative study

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Green Thompson, Lionel Patrick ^a   Mcinerney, Patricia ^a   Manning, Dianne Mary ^a   Mapukata Sondzaba, Ntsiki ^a   Chipamaunga, Shalote ^a   Maswanganyi, Tlangelani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOUTH AFRICA; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOUTH AFRICA; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84862758686     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-12-49     Document Type: Article

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