Oncology education in Canadian undergraduate and postgraduate medical programs: A survey of educators and learners

Current Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Tam, Vincent C ^a   Berry, S ^b   Hsu, T ^b   North, S ^c   Neville, A ^d   Chan, K ^b   Verma, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Oncology education; Postgraduate medical programs; Undergraduate medical programs

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC DEAN; ARTICLE; CANADA; CURRICULUM; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; ONCOLOGIST; ONCOLOGY; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; RESIDENCY EDUCATION;

EID: 84894379693     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17187729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3747/co.21.1667     Document Type: Article

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