Perception of the educational environment by medical students undergoing a curricular transition in Kuwait

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 204-208

  Bouhaimed, Manal ^a   Thalib, Lukman ^a   Doi, Suhail A R ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Curricular changes; Educational environment; Kuwait; Problem based learning; Undergraduate medical education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; KUWAIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERCEPTION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KUWAIT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PERCEPTION; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64349119069     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000204351     Document Type: Article

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