Use of social media in graduate-level medical humanities education: Two pilot studies from Penn State College of Medicine

Medical Teacher

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  George, Daniel R ^a   Dellasega, Cheryl ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMANITIES; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; METHODOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANITIES; HUMANS; LEARNING; PENNSYLVANIA; PILOT PROJECTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 79960663768     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2011.586749     Document Type: Article

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