The changing face of dental education: The impact of PBL

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 406-421

  Fincham, Alan G ^a   Shuler, Charles F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Curriculum; Dental education; PBL; Problem Based Learning

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; BARROW (SWINE); CALIFORNIA; CURRICULUM; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PEDAGOGICS; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; TOOTH; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; GROUP PROCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LIBRARY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; CERTIFICATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, DENTAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; FACULTY, DENTAL; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; LIBRARIES, DENTAL; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, DENTAL; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; STUDENTS, DENTAL;

EID: 0035345152     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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