Oncology Thinking Cap: Scaffolded Use of a Simulation to Learn Clinical Trial Design

Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 183-191

  Hmelo, Cindy E ^a   Ramakrishnan, Sailesh ^b   Day, Roger S ^b   Shirey, William E ^b   Brufsky, Adam ^b   Johnson, Candace ^b   Baar, Joseph ^b   Huang, Qingshou ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0035380329     PISSN: 10401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15328015TLM1303_8     Document Type: Article

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