Influence of a computer database and problem exercises on students' knowledge of bacteriology

Academic Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1992, Pages 332-338

  Friedman, Charles P ^a   de Bliek, Ruth ^b   Gilmer, Jerry S ^c   Twarog, Robert G ^b   File, Dean D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DATA BASE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIOLOGY; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMAN; IOWA; MINICOMPUTERS; NORTH CAROLINA; PROBLEM SOLVING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE VALIDATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0026770685     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-199205000-00013     Document Type: Article

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