Case method teaching: An effective approach to integrate the basic and clinical sciences in the preclinical medical curriculum

Medical Teacher

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 834-841

  Bowe, Constance M ^a,b   Voss, John ^b   Thomas Aretz, H ^a,c  

^a Harvard Medical International   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; METHODOLOGY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; STANDARD; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FACULTY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951971320     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590902922904     Document Type: Article

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