Medical students' approaches to studying

Medical Teacher

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 229-236

  Stiernborg, M ^a   Bandaranayake, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CURRICULUM; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; LEARNING; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NONHUMAN; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; TEACHING;

EID: 0029954160     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01421599609034166     Document Type: Article

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