Providing Research Opportunities for Medical Students: Challenges and Opportunities

Medical Science Educator

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 99-107

  Duggan, Eileen ^a   Doran, Kieran ^a   O’Flynn, Siún ^a   O’Tuathaigh, Colm M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Medical students; research governance; research outputs; research projects

Indexed keywords

EID: 85050484145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21568650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03341814     Document Type: Article

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