PBL in undergraduate medical education: A qualitative study of the views of Canadian residents

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 189-214

  Lohfeld, Lynne ^a,b,c   Neville, Alan ^b   Norman, Geoffrey ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CENTRE FOR EVALUATION OF MEDICINES   (Canada)

Author keywords

In depth interviews; Medical residents; PBL; Problem based learning; Qualitative research; Undergraduate medical education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CANADA; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 26244445047     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-005-1293-9     Document Type: Article

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