Comparison of blogged and written reflections in two medicine clerkships

Medical Education

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 166-175

  Fischer, Melissa A ^a   Haley, Heather Lyn ^a   Saarinen, Carrie L ^a   Chretien, Katherine C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNET; LEARNING; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TEACHING; THINKING; WRITING;

BLOGGING; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LEARNING; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; THINKING; WRITING;

EID: 78650822317     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2010.03814.x     Document Type: Article

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