Problem-based learning at the receiving end: A 'mixed methods' study of junior medical students' perspectives

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 435-451

  Maudsley, Gillian ^a   Williams, Evelyn M I ^a   Taylor, David C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conceptions of problem based learning; Mixed methods; Problem based curriculum; Questionnaire survey; Tutoring; Undergraduate medical education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 55349114387     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-006-9056-9     Document Type: Article

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