The association between student characteristics and the development of clinical reasoning in a graduate-entry, PBL medical programme

Medical Teacher

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 626-631

  Groves, Michelle ^a   O'Rourke, Peter ^a   Alexander, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; THINKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGIC; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0346656577     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590310001605679     Document Type: Article

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