The small group in problem-based learning: More than a cognitive 'learning' experience for first-year medical students in a diverse population

Medical Teacher

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  McLean, Michelle ^a   Van Wyk, Jacqueline M ^a   Peters Futre, Edith M ^a   Higgins Opitz, Susan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CURRICULUM; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PATIENCE; PEDAGOGICS; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIALIZATION; TIME MANAGEMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; COGNITION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEARNING; MALE; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; SOCIALIZATION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 33745543964     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590600726987     Document Type: Article

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