Involving students in question writing: A unique feedback with fringe benefits

American Journal of Physiology

Volumn 277, Issue 6 PART 2, 1999, Pages

  Sircar, Sabyasachi S ^a,b   Tandon, Om P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Anand Lok Society   (India)

Author keywords

Interactive learning; Multiple choice questions; Physiology teaching

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; STUDENT; TEACHING;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

EID: 0033253533     PISSN: 00029513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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