Reforming health professions education will require culture change and closer ties between classroom and practice

Health Affairs

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1928-1932

  Thibault, George E ^a  

^a Josiah Macy Jr Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; CLASSROOM; CLINICAL EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SCHOOL; SKILL; TEACHING;

HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION;

COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PUBLIC POLICY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84888087893     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.0827     Document Type: Article

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