Benefits of testable concept maps for learning about pathogenesis of disease

Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 137-143

  Kumar, Shweta ^a   Dee, Fred ^b   Kumar, Rakesh ^a   Velan, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPT FORMATION; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING; VIRULENCE;

CAUSALITY; COHORT STUDIES; CONCEPT FORMATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING; VIRULENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957821978     PISSN: 10401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10401334.2011.561700     Document Type: Article

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