Medical student perceptions of factors affecting productivity of problem-based learning tutorial groups: Does culture influence the outcome?

Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-64

  Das Carlo, Mandira ^a,e   Swadi, Harith ^b,d   Mpofu, Debbie ^c  

^a John Sealy Hospital and John Sealy Annex   (United States)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c Saskatchewan Inst Prev Handicaps   (Canada)

^d PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKILL; TEACHING; COGNITION; GROUP PROCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; METHODOLOGY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PRODUCTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

COGNITION; CULTURE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EFFICIENCY; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TIME; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 0037673009     PISSN: 10401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15328015TLM1501_11     Document Type: Article

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