The influence of objectives, learning experiences and examination blueprint on medical students' examination preparation

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  McLaughlin, K ^a   Coderre, S ^b   Woloschuk, W ^b   Lim, T ^b   Muruve, D ^a   Mandin, H ^a  

^a FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; CYBERNETICS; EDUCATION; GROUP PROCESS; KIDNEY DISEASE; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ALBERTA; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; CYBERNETICS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; GOALS; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; LEARNING; LOGISTIC MODELS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 31544472590     PISSN: 14726920     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-5-39     Document Type: Article

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