Student perceptions of the use of presentations as a method of learning endocrine and gastrointestinal pathophysiology

American Journal of Physiology - Advances in Physiology Education

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 75-85

  Higgins Opitz, Susan B ^a   Tufts, Mark ^a  

^a University of KwaZulu Natal Faculty of Health Sciences   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Medical students' perceptions; Presentations as a teaching method; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954639600     PISSN: 10434046     EISSN: 15221229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/advan.00105.2009     Document Type: Article

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