Evidence for curricular and instructional design approaches in undergraduate medical education: An umbrella review

Medical Teacher

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 150-161

  Onyura, Betty ^a   Baker, Lindsay ^a   Cameron, Blair ^b   Friesen, Farah ^a   Leslie, Karen ^a,c  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Independent Research Associate   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; TEACHING;

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; TEACHING;

EID: 84958125656     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2015.1009019     Document Type: Review

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