Fostering integrative problem solving in biomedical engineering: The PBL approach

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 217-225

  Newstetter, Wendy C ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATION SKILLS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING (PBL); TARGET AREAS;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; EDUCATION; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; EDUCATION; KNOWLEDGE BASE; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; TEACHING; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL; KNOWLEDGE BASES; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; TEACHING; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 33645532279     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-005-9034-z     Document Type: Article

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