A comparison of changes in dental students' and medical students' approaches to learning during professional training

European Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 162-167

  Lindemann, Robert ^a   Duek, JodyLee ^b   Wilkerson, LuAnn ^c  

^a UCLA SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b Keane Engineering in Tucson   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning styles; Studying strategies

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEMORY; MOTIVATION;

ACHIEVEMENT; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; EDUCATION, DENTAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEARNING; MEMORY; MOTIVATION; STUDENTS, DENTAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 0035515382     PISSN: 13965883     EISSN: 16000579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0579.2001.50404.x     Document Type: Article

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