Student perceptions of effective small group teaching

Medical Education

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 286-293

  Steinert, Yvonne ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitude of health personnel; Curriculum; Education, medical, undergraduate *methods; Focus groups; Group processes; Problem based learning *methods; Students, medical

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERCEPTION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; TEACHING;

EID: 1642332313     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.2004.01772.x     Document Type: Article

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