Retention of anatomy knowledge by student radiographers

Radiography

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Hall, A Susanne ^a   Durward, Brian R ^b  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS EDUCATION FOR SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatomical detail; Approaches; Assessment; Image interpretation; Learning; Retention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHING; TIME;

EID: 67649537456     PISSN: 10788174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radi.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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