Postgraduate fellows as teaching assistants in human anatomy: An experimental teaching model at a Chinese research university

Anatomical Sciences Education

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-32

  Cheng, Xiao ^a   Wang, Lin ^a   Guo, Kaihua ^a   Liu, Shu ^a   Li, Feng ^a   Chu, Guoliang ^a   Zhou, Li Hua ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese research university; Human anatomy; Postgraduate fellowship; Teaching assistant

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CHINA; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; TEACHING; UNIVERSITY;

ANATOMY; CHINA; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; TEACHING; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 79251498614     PISSN: 19359772     EISSN: 19359780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ase.193     Document Type: Article

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