Do undergraduate paramedic students embrace case based learning using a blended teaching approach? A 3-year review

Australasian Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 421-439

  Williams, Brett ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 70349125084     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14495554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14742/ajet.1143     Document Type: Review

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