The anatomy of learning anatomy

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 153-165

  Wilhelmsson, Niklas ^a   Dahlgren, Lars Owe ^a,b   Hult, Håkan ^a,b   Scheja, Max ^c   Lonka, Kirsti ^a,d   Josephson, Anna ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Approaches to learning; Basic science knowledge; Phenomenography; Student learning

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY;

ANATOMY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; LEARNING;

EID: 77954056458     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-009-9171-5     Document Type: Article

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