A study on the personal traits and knowledge base of Taiwanese medical students following problem-based learning instructions

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 743-750

  Luh, Shi Ping ^a   Yu, Min Ning ^b   Lin, Yen Ru ^c   Chou, Ming Jen ^d   Chou, Ming Chih ^d   Chen, Jia Yuh ^d  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Big Five; Performance; Score point average

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEARNING ALGORITHM; LEARNING STYLE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKILL RETENTION; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TAIWAN;

EID: 36849040489     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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