Concept mapping in pulmonary physiology using pathfinder scaling

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 225-240

  McGaghie, William C ^a   McCrimmon, Donald R ^a   Mitchell, Gordon ^b   Thompson, Jason A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

concept map; evaluation; knowledge structure; medical expertise; pulmonary physiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEALTH SCIENCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STUDENT;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CHICAGO; CONCEPT FORMATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LUNG; MAPS; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 4444263253     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:AHSE.0000038299.79574.e8     Document Type: Article

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