Outcomes of Problem-Based Learning in Health Care Professional Education: A Critique

Family and Community Health

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 66-74

  Bruhn, John G ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health professions education; Learning professional skills; Problem based learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039323073     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003727-199704001-00006     Document Type: Article

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