Is running a Problem-Based Learning curriculum more expensive than a traditional Subject-Based Curriculum?

Medical Teacher

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Hamdy, Hossam ^a   Agamy, Esam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 80052008531     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2011.599451     Document Type: Article

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