The effect of educational games on medical students' learning outcomes: A systematic review: BEME Guide No 14

Medical Teacher

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-27

  Akl, Elie A ^a   Pretorius, Richard W ^a   Sackett, Kay ^b   Erdley, W Scott ^c   Bhoopathi, Paranthaman S ^d   Alfarah, Ziad ^a   Schünemann, Holger J ^e  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ST JOHN FISHER COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Alva Hospitals and Paramedical Institute   (India)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; GAME; HUMAN; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 76249106080     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01421590903473969     Document Type: Review

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