Perceptions of learning as a function of seminar group factors

Medical Education

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1178-1184

  Jaarsma, A Debbie C ^a   De Grave, Willem S ^b   Muijtjens, Arno M M ^b   Scherpbier, Albert J J A ^b   Van Beukelen, Peter ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

*Education, medical, undergraduate; Attitude of health personnel; Clinical competence *standards; Curricula; Group processes; Perception; Students, medical *psychology; Teaching *methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LEARNING; ORGANIZATION; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEACHER;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 56649115629     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2008.03170.x     Document Type: Article

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