Does a combined technical and didactical training program improve the acceptance of student tutors in the dissection course? A prospective controlled randomized study

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 192, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 361-365

  Shiozawa, Thomas ^a   Hirt, Bernhard ^a   Celebi, Nora ^b   Werner, Anne ^b   Weyrich, Peter ^b   Lammerding Koeppel, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Evaluation; Peer teaching; Tutor training

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GROUP DYNAMICS; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; TRAINING;

ADULT; ANATOMY; CURRICULUM; DISSECTION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FACULTY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTORS; PEER GROUP; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78349304785     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2010.09.006     Document Type: Article

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