A Replicable Model of a Health Literacy Curriculum for a Third-Year Clerkship

Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 200-210

  Roberts, Donna M ^a   Reid, Jeri R ^a   Conner, April L ^a   Barrer, Sharon ^a   Miller, Karen H ^a   Ziegler, Craig ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; COMMUNICATION; CURRICULUM; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863852863     PISSN: 10401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10401334.2012.692261     Document Type: Article

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