Provision of medical student teaching in UK general practices: A cross-sectional questionnaire study

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 65, Issue 635, 2015, Pages e409-e417

  Harding, Alex ^a   Rosenthal, Joe ^b   Al Seaidy, Marwa ^c   Pereira Gray, Denis ^d   McKinley, Robert K ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Health Education South West   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e KEELE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost; General practice; Medical students; Primary healthcare; Teaching; Workforce

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; EXPOSURE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; POSTGRADUATE STUDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CAREER CHOICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84930512369     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: 14785242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp15X685321     Document Type: Article

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