Limitations of student-driven formative assessment in a clinical clerkship. A randomised controlled trial

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Palmer, Edward J ^a   Devitt, Peter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING STYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEACHING; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; SURGERY;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; SURGERY; TEACHING;

EID: 44349110683     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-29     Document Type: Article

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