Seven principles of effective case design for a problem-based curriculum

Medical Teacher

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 185-189

  Dolmans, Diana H J M ^a   Snellen Balendong, Hetty ^a   Wolfhagen, Ineke H A P ^a   Van Der Vleuten, Cees P M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; STUDENT;

EID: 0030670878     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01421599709019379     Document Type: Article

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