Medical students as health educators at a student-run free clinic: Improving the clinical outcomes of diabetic patients

Academic Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 625-631

  Gorrindo, Phillip ^a   Peltz, Alon ^b,c   Ladner, Travis R ^a   Reddy, India ^a   Miller, Bonnie M ^a   Miller, Robert F ^a   Fowler, Michael J ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMBULATORY CARE; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATORS; HUMANS; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84897572383     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000164     Document Type: Article

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