Exploring the changing learning environment of the gross anatomy lab

Academic Medicine

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 883-888

  Hopkins, Robin ^a   Regehr, Glenn ^b   Wilson, Timothy D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 79960345378     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31821de30f     Document Type: Article

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