Medical students' learning styles in Universiti Sains Malaysia

International Medical Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 257-260

  Barman, Arunodaya ^a   Jaafar, Rogayah ^a   Rahim, Ahmad Fuad Bin Abdul ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Learning styles; Medical students; Race differences

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEARNING STYLE; MALAYSIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEACHER;

EID: 74049088282     PISSN: 13412051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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