On the relationship between group functioning and study success in problem-based learning

Medical Education

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 64-71

  Nieminen, Juha ^a   Sauri, Pekka ^a   Lonka, Kirsti ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clinical competance *standards; Curriculum; Education, medical, undergraduate *organisation and administration; Educational status; Finland; Group processes; Problem based learning *methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDY; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; GROUP PROCESS; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHARMACOLOGY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; STANDARD;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHARMACOLOGY; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING;

EID: 33645227828     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2005.02344.x     Document Type: Article

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