Physician opinions about an anatomy core curriculum: A case for medical imaging and vertical integration

Anatomical Sciences Education

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 251-261

  Orsbon, Courtney P ^a,b   Kaiser, Rebecca S ^a   Ross, Callum F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy curriculum; Clinical anatomy; Core curriculum; Embryology; Gross anatomy education; Medical education; Medical imaging; Radiology; Undergraduate medical education; Vertical integration

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CURRICULUM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANATOMY; CHICAGO; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE; PHYSICIANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84903479397     PISSN: 19359772     EISSN: 19359780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ase.1401     Document Type: Article

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