Retention of basic science knowledge: A comparison between body system-based and clinical presentation curricula

Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 116-122

  Woloschuk, Wayne ^a   Mandin, Henry ^b   Harasym, Peter ^a   Lorscheider, Fritz ^a   Brant, Rollin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; CURRICULUM; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LEARNING TEST; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERFORMANCE; SCIENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 3042731521     PISSN: 10401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15328015tlm1602_1     Document Type: Article

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