Anatomy curriculum for medical students. What can be learned for future curricula from evaluations and questionnaires completed by students, anatomists and clinicians in different countries?

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 191, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 541-546

  Pabst, Reinhard ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; TEACHING;

EID: 70350279570     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2009.08.007     Document Type: Note

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