Supporting culturally and linguistically diverse students during clinical placement: Strategies from both sides of the table Approaches to teaching and learning

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  O'Reilly, Sharleen L ^a   Milner, Julia ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b XI AN JIAOTONG LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Challenges; Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) students; Placements; Strategies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT;

ADULT; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LANGUAGE; MALE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84944329585     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-015-0458-3     Document Type: Article

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