YouTube: An emerging tool in anatomy education

Anatomical Sciences Education

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 158-164

  Jaffar, Akram Abood ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Anatomy video; Computer assisted learning; E learning; Gross anatomy education; Internet portals; Medical education; Millennial generation; PBL tutorials; Problem based learning; Web based learning

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; AWARENESS; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL NETWORK; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; VIDEORECORDING;

ANATOMY; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; AWARENESS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; INTERNET; PERCEPTION; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SOCIAL NETWORKING; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84860498770     PISSN: 19359772     EISSN: 19359780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ase.1268     Document Type: Article

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