Students' opinions about the effects of preclinical patient contacts on their learning

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 633-647

  Diemers, Agnes D ^a   Dolmans, Diana H J M ^b   Verwijnen, Maarten G M ^a   Heineman, Erik ^c   Scherpbier, Albert J J A ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Analytic reasoning; Basic science knowledge; Clinical knowledge; Clinical reasoning; Experiential knowledge; Non analytic reasoning; Preclinical patient contacts

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSUMER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 57649199794     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-007-9070-6     Document Type: Article

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