Knowledge synthesis

Understanding Medical Education: Evidence, Theory, and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 457-469

  Maggio, Lauren A ^a   Thomas, Aliki ^b   Durning, Steven J ^a  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health professions education; Knowledge syntheses; Narrative reviews; Realist reviews; Scoping reviews; Systematic reviews; Umbrella reviews

Indexed keywords

EID: 85094921707     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119373780.ch31     Document Type: Chapter

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