Impact of problem-based, active learning on graduation rates for 10 generations of Dutch medical students

Medical Education

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 211-218

  Schmidt, Henk G ^a   Cohen Schotanus, Janke ^b   Arends, Lidia R ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

*Education, medical, undergraduate; *Problem based learning; Curriculum; Interview, pyschological; Multicenter study publication type ; Netherlands; Student dropouts statistics numerical data

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; STUDENT DROPOUTS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 60449089493     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2008.03287.x     Document Type: Article

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