Medical students' approaches to learning anatomy: Students' experiences and relations to the learning environment

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 106-114

  Smith, Claire F ^a   Mathias, Haydn S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatomy education; Approaches to learning; Learning anatomy; Medical education

Indexed keywords

CADAVER; DISSECTION; EXPERIENCE; GENDER; LEARNING; LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW;

ANATOMY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 72249110541     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20900     Document Type: Review

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