An investigation of alternating group dissections in medical gross anatomy

Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 46-52

  Wilson, Adam B ^a   Petty, Michael ^a   Williams, James M ^a   Thorp, Laura E ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CURRICULUM; DISSECTION; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PEER GROUP; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

ANATOMY; CADAVER; CURRICULUM; DISSECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; LEARNING; PEER GROUP; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78751487514     PISSN: 10401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10401334.2011.536892     Document Type: Article

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