Medical students' use of Facebook to support learning: Insights from four case studies

Medical Teacher

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 971-976

  Gray, Kathleen ^a   Annabell, Lucas ^a   Kennedy, Gregor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

BLOGGING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 78649380813     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2010.497826     Document Type: Article

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