Personality preference influences medical student use of specific computer-aided instruction (CAI)

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  McNulty, John A ^a   Espiritu, Baltazar ^a   Halsey, Martha ^a   Mendez, Michelle ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR; PERSONALITY; SCIENCE; SELF CONCEPT; ANATOMY; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; DEVICES; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SATISFACTION; TEACHING; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMY; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; LEARNING; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 33645035184     PISSN: 14726920     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-6-7     Document Type: Article

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