Problem-based versus conventional curricula: Influence on knowledge and attitudes of medical students towards health research

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Khan, Hassan ^a   Taqui, Ather M ^a   Khawaja, Muhammad Rizwanulhaq ^a   Fatmi, Zafar ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNOWLEDGE BASE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PAKISTAN; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; SCORING SYSTEM; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; WRITING; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATION; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; PAKISTAN; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 39549120404     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000632     Document Type: Article

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