Differences between Students in Problem-Based and Lecture-Based Curricula Measured by Clerkship Performance Ratings at the Beginning of the Third Year

Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 211-217

  Whitfleld, Carol F ^a   Mauger, Elizabeth A ^a   Zwicker, Jeffrey ^a   Lehman, Erik B ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CURRICULUM; HUMAN; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CURRICULUM; HUMANS; PENNSYLVANIA; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 0036725678     PISSN: 10401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15328015tlm1404_2     Document Type: Article

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