The good and bad of group conformity: A call for a new programme of research in medical education

Medical Education

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 851-859

  Beran, Tanya N ^a   Kaba, Alyshah ^a   Caird, Jeff ^b   McLaughlin, Kevin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Department of Psychology ^*  (Canada)

^c Office of Undergraduate Medical Education   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUP PROCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RESEARCH; STANDARDS;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; GROUP PROCESSES; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; RESEARCH;

EID: 84905687555     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/medu.12510     Document Type: Article

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