Developing professionalism through the use of wikis: A study with first-year undergraduate medical students

Medical Teacher

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 824-829

  Varga Atkins, Tünde ^a   Dangerfield, Peter ^a   Brigden, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PEER GROUP; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERNET; PEER GROUP; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 77957157525     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01421591003686245     Document Type: Article

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