Effective anatomy education - A review of medical literature

Rawal Medical Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 225-229

  Hasan, Tabinda ^a   Ageely, Hussein ^a   Bani, Ibrahim ^a  

^a JAZAN UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Cadavers; Prosection

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CADAVER; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPUTER ASSISTED LEARNING; DATA BASE; DISSECTION; EMBASE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LIBRARY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICINE; MEDLINE; MEMORY; PEDAGOGICS; PLASTINATION; RADIOLOGY; REVIEW; SOCIAL MEDICINE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEB BROWSER;

EID: 80055081923     PISSN: 03035212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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