Outcomes of longitudinal integrated clinical placements for students, clinicians and society

Medical Education

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1028-1041

  Walters, Lucie ^a   Greenhill, Jennene ^a   Richards, Janet ^a   Ward, Helena ^b   Campbell, Narelle ^b   Ash, Julie ^b   Schuwirth, Lambert W T ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84867789772     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2012.04331.x     Document Type: Review

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