An evaluation of the impact of an increase in community-based medical undergraduate education in a UK medical school

Education for Primary Care

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 385-390

  Watmough, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community based education; Curriculum revision; Primary care; Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSUMER; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPECIALIZATION; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 84871183457     PISSN: 14739879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14739879.2012.11494149     Document Type: Article

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