Effect of an Undergraduate Medical Curriculum on Students' Self-Directed Learning

Academic Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1259-1265

  Harvey, Bart J ^a,c   Rothman, Arthur I ^a   Frecker, Richard C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CURRICULUM; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPERIENCE; LEARNING; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RESPONSIBILITY; SELF DIRECTED LEARNING; SELF EVALUATION;

EID: 0348219216     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200312000-00015     Document Type: Article

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