Innovations in curriculum design: A multi-disciplinary approach to teaching statistics to undergraduate medical students

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Freeman, Jenny V ^a   Collier, Steve ^b   Staniforth, David ^c   Smith, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAREER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEACHING; VIDEORECORDING; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; COHORT STUDIES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TEACHING;

EID: 44349187323     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-28     Document Type: Article

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