Teaching paediatric epilepsy to medical students: A randomised crossover trial

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 727-730

  Bye, Ann Me ^a,b   Connolly, Anne M ^b   Farrar, Michelle ^a   Lawson, John A ^a,b   Lonergan, Amy ^a  

^a SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical reasoning; Computerised tutorial; Epilepsy; Medical student teaching; Randomised crossover trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; TEACHING;

ADULT; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PEDIATRICS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73449107495     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2009.01602.x     Document Type: Article

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