Using game format to teach psychopharmacology to medical students

Medical Teacher

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 156-160

  Shiroma, Paulo R ^a   Massa, Alfredo A ^b   Alarcon, Renato D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; TEACHING;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 79551552764     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2010.509414     Document Type: Article

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