Format of cases affects learning outcomes in first year medical students

Education for Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-67

  Yoshioka, Toshimasa ^a   Uchida, Yoko ^a   Kuzo, Tadahiko ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Case construction; Cohort study; Early clinical exposure; High school graduates; Learning outcomes; Problem based learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CLINICAL MEDICINE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXAMINATION; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCIENCE; UNIVERSITY;

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; BIOLOGY; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 0345144020     PISSN: 13576283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1357628031000066688     Document Type: Article

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