Language as a barrier to the acquisition of anatomical knowledge

Medical Education

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 81-86

  Lucas, Peter ^a   Lenstrup, Marie ^a   Prinz, Jonathan ^a   Williamson, Denis ^a   Yip, Henry ^a   Tipoe, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Communication barriers; Curriculum; Education, medical, undergraduate; Educational measurement; Hong Kong; Language; Learning

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NOMENCLATURE; TEACHING;

EID: 0030800443     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1997.tb02463.x     Document Type: Article

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