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Sociology and epidemiology in medical education: interpreting the students’ response
Author(s) -
HUMPHREY CHARLOTTE,
ELFORD J.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
medical education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.776
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1365-2923
pISSN - 0308-0110
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1990.tb02517.x
Subject(s) - epidemiology , medical education , social epidemiology , medicine , sociology , psychology , family medicine , public health , nursing , pathology , social determinants of health
Summary:Summary. One morning in June 1988 students at the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine presented their projects on the final day of the integrated course in sociology and epidemiology. This article describes the event and considers some explanations of what happened, with reference to the published literature on medical education and student culture.