The role of the teacher in remediating at-risk medical students

Medical Teacher

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Winston, Kalman A ^a   Van Der Vleuten, Cees P M ^b   Scherpbier, Albert J J A ^b  

^a ROSS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Dominica)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RISK FACTOR; TEACHING;

AFFECT; COGNITION; FACULTY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 84869819539     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2012.689447     Document Type: Article

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