Small groups and problem-based learning: Are we singing from the same hymn sheet?

Medical Teacher

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 444-450

  Miflin, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; TEACHING; TEAMWORK;

AUSTRALIA; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; GROUP PROCESSES; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTION;

EID: 5744222754     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590410001696425     Document Type: Article

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