Adaptive Spaced Education Improves Learning Efficiency: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Journal of Urology

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 678-681

  Kerfoot, B Price ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

algorithms; educational technology; learning; medical education; urology

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADAPTIVE SPACED EDUCATION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; SURGICAL TRAINING; UROLOGY;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 73749086882     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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