Impact of a new integrated medicine program on students' approaches to learning

Higher Education Research and Development

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 289-302

  Balasooriya, Chinthaka Damith ^a   Hughes, Christopher ^a   Toohey, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Changes in approaches; Collaborative learning; Impact of curricular features; Impact of medical curricula; Inquiry based learning; Integrated learning; Medical students' learning; Problem based learning; Students' approaches to learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 68149170673     PISSN: 07294360     EISSN: 14698366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07294360902839891     Document Type: Article

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