Facility with the English language and problem-based learning group interaction: Findings from an Arabic setting

Medical Education

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 479-485

  Mpofu, D J S ^a,b   Lanphear, J ^a   Stewart, T ^a   Das, M ^a   Ridding, P ^a   Dunn, E ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Communication barriers; Language; Problem based learning; Students, medical

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 0031668525     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.1998.00235.x     Document Type: Article

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