How useful is plastination in learning anatomy?

Journal of Veterinary Medical Education

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 172-176

  Latorre, Rafael M ^a   García Sanz, Mari P ^a   Moreno, Matilde ^a   Hernández, Fuensanta ^a   Gil, Francisco ^a   López, Octavio ^a   Ayala, Maria D ^a   Ramírez, Gregorio ^a   Vázquez, Jose M ^a   Arencibia, Alberto ^b   Henry, Robert W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT; TEACHING; VETERINARY ANATOMY;

ANATOMY, VETERINARY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, VETERINARY; HUMANS; PLASTIC EMBEDDING; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; TEACHING MATERIALS;

EID: 34250783636     PISSN: 0748321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/jvme.34.2.172     Document Type: Article

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