Non-cognitive characteristics of medical students: Entry to problem-based and lecture-based curricula

Medical Education

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 179-186

  Cariaga Lo, L D ^a   Richards, B F ^a   Hollingsworth, M A ^a   Camp, D L ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Curriculum; Learning motivation; Personality; Problem based learning; Students, medical psychology; United States

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PERSONALITY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 0029878673     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1996.tb00740.x     Document Type: Article

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