A trading-card game teaching about host defence

Medical Education

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1201-1208

  Steinman, Richard A ^a,b   Blastos, Mary T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Career choice; Education methods; Games, experimental; Host parasite relations; Learning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GAME; HEALTH STATUS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFECTION; INFORMATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; STUDENT; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE;

EID: 0036454844     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.2002.01384.x     Document Type: Article

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