Urology
Volume 72, Issue 5 , Pages 982-986 , November 2008

A Learning Package for Medical Students in a Busy Urology Department: Design, Implementation, and Evaluation

  • Lysa E. Owen

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Skills Centre, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Lysa E. Owen, M.B., Ch.B., M.C.E.M., P.G.C.T.H.E., F.H.E.A., Clinical Skills Centre, University of Dundee and Ninewells Hospital, Dundee DD1 9SY United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Derek J. Byrne

      Affiliations

    • Tayside University Hospitals Trust, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Jean S. Ker

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Skills Centre, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, United Kingdom

Received 15 May 2008 ,Accepted 20 July 2008.

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PII: S0090-4295(08)00940-0

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2008.07.037

Urology
Volume 72, Issue 5 , Pages 982-986 , November 2008

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