A systematic review of outcome and impact of Master's in health and health care

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Zwanikken, Prisca Ac ^a   Dieleman, Marjolein ^a   Samaranayake, Dulani ^b   Akwataghibe, Ngozi ^c   Scherpbier, Albert ^d  

^a ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^c ENAULD Health Research and Services   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Impact; Master's degree programmes; Outcomes; Public health; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PUBLIC HEALTH;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873355071     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-13-18     Document Type: Review

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