Improving the transition from medical school to internship - Evaluation of a preparation for internship course

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Scicluna, Helen A ^a   Grimm, Michael C ^b   Jones, Philip D ^a   Pilotto, Louis S ^a   McNeil, H Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical skills; Outcome based curriculum; Transition to internship; Undergraduate medical education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EVALUATION STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; NEW SOUTH WALES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84893179054     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-14-23     Document Type: Article

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