Use of the one-minute preceptor as a teaching tool in the gross anatomy laboratory

Anatomical Sciences Education

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 235-238

  Chan, Lap Ki ^a   Wiseman, Jeffrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anatomy teaching; Educational methodology; Gross anatomy laboratory; Learning; One minute preceptor; One minute teacher

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; TEACHING;

ANATOMY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; TEACHING;

EID: 79960439322     PISSN: 19359772     EISSN: 19359780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ase.234     Document Type: Article

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