The assessment of student reasoning in the context of a clinically oriented PBL program

Medical Teacher

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 787-794

  Anderson, Kirsty ^a   Peterson, Ray ^b   Tonkin, Anne ^a   Cleary, Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATOR; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; OUTCOME OF EDUCATION; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 57349115198     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590802043819     Document Type: Article

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