Medical students' learning of anatomy: Memorisation, understanding and visualisation

Medical Education

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 7-14

  Pandey, Priti ^a   Zimitat, Craig ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

*education, medical, undergraduate; *learning; *memory; Anatomy *education; Australia; Humans; Perception; Questionnaires; Students, medical *psychology

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPREHENSION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ANATOMY; AUSTRALIA; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; LEARNING; PERCEPTION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 33845737394     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2006.02643.x     Document Type: Article

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