Using DREEM to compare graduating students′ perceptions of learning environments at medical schools adopting contrasting educational strategies

Medical Teacher

Volumn 34, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Zawawi, Alia H ^a   Elzubeir, Margaret ^b,c  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAUDI ARABIA;

ADULT; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858266317     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2012.656747     Document Type: Article

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