Dissection videos do not improve anatomy examination scores

Anatomical Sciences Education

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-21

  Mahmud, Waqas ^a   Hyder, Omar ^a   Butt, Jamaal ^a   Aftab, Arsalan ^a  

^a RAWALPINDI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Computer aided instruction; Dissection videos; Gross anatomy; Laboratory dissection; Learning styles; Medical education

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; DISSECTION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ANATOMY; CADAVER; DISSECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251494449     PISSN: 19359772     EISSN: 19359780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ase.194     Document Type: Article

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