Helping learners in difficulty - The incidence and effectiveness of remedial programmes of the Medical Radiation Sciences Programme at University of Toronto and the Michener Institute for Applied Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 725-734

  Szumacher, Ewa ^a   Catton, Pamela ^b   Jones, Glen A ^c   Bradley, Renate ^c   Kwan, Jeremy ^c   Cherryman, Fiona ^c   Palmer, Cathryne ^c   Nyhof Young, Joyce ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^b Department of Radiation Oncology   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Radiation oncology; Radiotherapy; Remedial teaching

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC FAILURE; ARTICLE; CANADA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURSE CONTENT; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING ALGORITHM; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOOD DISORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TEACHING;

EID: 36849048239     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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