Teaching in small portions dispersed over time enhances long-term knowledge retention

Medical Teacher

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 250-255

  Raman, Maitreyi ^a   McLaughlin, Kevin ^a   Violato, Claudio ^a   Rostom, Alaa ^a   Allard, J P ^b   Coderre, Sylvain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; COGNITION; CURRICULUM; DIET THERAPY; EDUCATION; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICS; TEACHING; TIME;

ALBERTA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FACULTY, MEDICAL; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; NUTRITION THERAPY; ONTARIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; TEACHING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77949420243     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01421590903197019     Document Type: Article

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