More than mere games: A review of card and board games for medical education

Medical Teacher

Volumn 29, Issue 9-10, 2007, Pages 941-948

  Bochennek, Konrad ^a   Wittekindt, Boris ^a   Zimmermann, Stefanie Yvonne ^a   Klingebiel, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; GAME; LEARNING STYLE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; REVIEW; TEACHING;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL; GAME THEORY; HUMANS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING; TEACHING MATERIALS;

EID: 37849040230     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590701749813     Document Type: Review

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