A qualitative evaluation of medical student learning with concept maps

Medical Teacher

Volumn 29, Issue 9-10, 2007, Pages 949-955

  Torre, D M ^a   Daley, B ^b   Stark Schweitzer, Tracy ^b   Siddartha, Singh ^a   Petkova, Jenny ^a   Ziebert, Monica ^a  

^a CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONCEPT MAPPING; CRITICAL THINKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; LEARNING STYLE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STUDENT ATTITUDE; THEORY-PRACTICE RELATIONSHIP;

ADULT; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LEARNING; MALE; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; NARRATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING; WISCONSIN;

EID: 37849032718     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590701689506     Document Type: Article

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