An innovative quality improvement curriculum for third-year medical students

Medical Education Online

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Levitt, David Stern ^a   Hauer, Karen E ^b   Poncelet, Ann ^b   Mookherjee, Somnath ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Experiential learning; Quality improvement education; Self directed learning; Undergraduate medical education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CURRICULUM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SAN FRANCISCO; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84864387233     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10872981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/meo.v17i0.18391     Document Type: Article

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