Roles and competencies of medical faculty members: A competency framework

Zeynab Foroughi1, Maryam Hoseini Abardeh2, Shahram Yazdani3

  • 1Education Development Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Medical Teacher
|March 6, 2024
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