Tutorial dynamics and participation in small groups: A student perspective in a multicultural setting

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 1205, 2004, Pages

  Gill, Emily A ^a   Tuck, Ailsa ^a   Lee, Don Wai Gin ^a   Beckert, Lutz ^a,b   Appuhamy, Ranil ^c   Corwin, Paul ^c   Frizelle, Frank ^c   McKenzie, Jan ^c   Lee, Quoa ^c   Liang, Allen ^c   Nair, Nisha ^c   Schultz, Andre ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAORI; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICAL STUDENT; NEW ZEALAND; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVERSITY; ABORIGINE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; GROUP PROCESS; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; TEACHING;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 16644389908     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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