Learning outcomes and student-perceived value of clay modeling and cat dissection in undergraduate human anatomy and physiology

American Journal of Physiology - Advances in Physiology Education

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 68-75

  DeHoff, Mary Ellen ^a   Clark, Krista L ^a   Meganathan, Karthikeyan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissection alternatives; Kinesthetic; Laboratory; Manikens

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955623479     PISSN: 10434046     EISSN: 15221229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/advan.00094.2010     Document Type: Article

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