Bridging the transfer gap: Laboratory exercise combines clinical exposure and anatomy review

Medical Education

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 790-798

  Wilson, Adam B ^a   Ross, Christopherx ^b   Petty, Michael ^a   Williams, James M ^a   Thorp, Laura E ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Ambulatory and Community Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RESIDENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANATOMY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 70350324621     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2009.03409.x     Document Type: Article

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