A randomized controlled study of portfolio learning in undergraduate cancer education

Medical Education

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 172-176

  Finlay, I G ^a,c   Maughan, T S ^b   Webster, D J T ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Velindre NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Clinical Studies Univ of Wales College of Medicine ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education, medical, undergraduate, methods; Evaluation studies; Medical oncology, education; Teaching materials; Teaching, methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CURRICULUM; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; ONCOLOGY; PERFORMANCE; TEACHING; TECHNIQUE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031835837     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.1998.00160.x     Document Type: Article

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