Effects of a revised preclinical curriculum on students' perceptions of their cognitive behaviors, attitudes to social issues in medicine, and the learning environment

Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 76-83

  Schwartz, Peter L ^a   Loten, Ernest G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; CURRICULUM; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERCEPTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STANDARD;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES; COGNITION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FACULTY, MEDICAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LEARNING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 0042278695     PISSN: 10401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15328015TLM1502_01     Document Type: Article

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