What drives students' self-directed learning in a hybrid PBL curriculum

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 425-437

  Lee, Young Mee ^a   Mann, Karen V ^b   Frank, Blye W ^b  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

PBL; Self directed learning; Undergraduate medical education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PILOT STUDY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECORDING;

ADULT; CANADA; CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TAPE RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956875425     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-009-9210-2     Document Type: Article

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