Conducting systematic reviews in medical education: A stepwise approach

Medical Education

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 943-952

  Cook, David A ^a,b   West, Colin P ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 84866460314     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2012.04328.x     Document Type: Article

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