Reform of undergraduate medical teaching in the United Kingdom: a triumph of evangelism over common sense
BMJPublished 8 July 2004Open access
Gareth Williams, Alice Lau
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There is an urgent need to test whether the current reforms in training of doctors are the right answer to the shortcomings of traditional training.
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There is an urgent need to test whether the current reforms in training of doctors are the right answer to the shortcomings of traditional training
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