The national portfolio for postgraduate family medicine training in South Africa: A descriptive study of acceptability, educational impact, and usefulness for assessment

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Jenkins, Louis ^a   Mash, Bob ^a   Derese, Anselme ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH AFRICA; STANDARDS; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84880947015     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-13-101     Document Type: Article

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