Does gender influence learning style preferences of first-year medical students?

American Journal of Physiology - Advances in Physiology Education

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 336-342

  Slater, Jill A ^a   Lujan, Heidi L ^a   DiCarlo, Stephen E ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical education; Styles of learning; Visual, auditory, reading writing, kinesthetic

Indexed keywords

EID: 37149053172     PISSN: 10434046     EISSN: 15221229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/advan.00010.2007     Document Type: Article

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