A comparison of course-related stressors in undergraduate problem-based learning (PBL) versus non-PBL medical programmes

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Lewis, Alexander D ^a   Menezes, Darryl A Braganza ^a   McDermott, Helen E ^a   Hibbert, Louise J ^a   Brennan, Sarah Louise ^a   Ross, Elizabeth E ^a   Jones, Lisa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURSE CONTENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CURRICULUM; DEMOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL STRESS; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 71049140551     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-60     Document Type: Article

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