Influence on general practitioners of teaching undergraduates: qualitative study of London general practitioner teachers
BMJPublished 30 October 1999Open access
Sarah Hartley, Fraser Macfarlane, Madeleine Gantley, Elizabeth Murray
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Teaching clinical skills can have a positive effect on the morale of general practitioner teachers as a result of contact with students and peers, as long as logistic and funding issues are adequately dealt with.
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Teaching clinical skills can have a positive effect on the morale of general practitioner teachers as a result of contact with students and peers, as long as logistic and funding issues are adequately dealt with.
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