A study of students' learning styles in a medical institution in Pakistan

Rawal Medical Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 239-241

  Danish, Khalid Farooq ^a   Awan, Azra Saeed ^a  

^a IIMC T/Railway Hospital   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Islamic International Medical College; Kolb's learning style inventory; Learning styles

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING STYLE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

EID: 77950394407     PISSN: 03035212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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