Validation of a short questionnaire to assess the degree of complexity and structuredness of PBL problems

Medical Education

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1001-1007

  Jacobs, Alexandra E J P ^a   Dolmans, Diana H J M ^a   Wolfhagen, Ineke H A P ^a   Scherpbier, Albert J J A ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Education, medical, undergraduate *methods; Guidelines; Netherlands; Problem based learning *methods standards; Questionnaires; Reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NETHERLANDS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; THEORY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0242635782     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.2003.01630.x     Document Type: Article

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