The social accountability of medical schools and its indicators

Education for Health: Change in Learning and Practice

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 180-194

  Boelen, Charles ^a   Dharamsi, Shafik ^b   Gibbs, Trevor ^c  

^a WHO   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Association for Medical Education Europe   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment and evaluation; Health professional schools; Responsiveness and accountability; Social responsibility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SCHOOL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARD; STANDARDS;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 84897362156     PISSN: 13576283     EISSN: 14695804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1357-6283.109785     Document Type: Article

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