Changing students' knowledge and attitudes? Evaluating experiential learning in the first-year geriatric curriculum at the University of Western Ontario

Canadian Journal of Geriatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 117-122

  Diachun, Laura L ^a   Wells, Jennie L ^a   Esbaugh, Jacquelin ^b   Brymer, Chris ^a   Dumbrell, Andrea C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Experiential learning; Geriatrics; Knowledge and attitudes assessment; Undergraduate medical education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; EVALUATION; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDENT ATTITUDE; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 33748443751     PISSN: 17181879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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