Laboratory medicine education at U.S. Medical Schools: A 2014 status report

Academic Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 107-112

  Smith, Brian R ^a   Kamoun, Malek ^b   Hickner, John ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84952891431     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000817     Document Type: Article

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