Teaching by example-educating medical students through a weight management experience

Family Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 572-575

  Schmidt, Susan ^a   Rice, Austin ^a   Kolasa, Kathryn ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84883761953     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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