The effectiveness of case-based learning in health professional education. A BEME systematic review: BEME Guide No. 23

Medical Teacher

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Thistlethwaite, Jill Elizabeth ^a   Davies, David ^b   Ekeocha, Samilia ^b   Kidd, Jane M ^b   MacDougall, Colin ^b   Matthews, Paul ^b   Purkis, Judith ^b   Clay, Diane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSUMER; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; REVIEW; UNIVERSITY; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL; FACULTY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; LEARNING; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING;

EID: 84861038728     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2012.680939     Document Type: Review

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