Collaborating with digital tools and peers in medical education: Cases and simulations as interventions in learning

Instructional Science

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 737-744

  Helle, Laura ^a   Säljö, Roger ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Case based instruction; Computer based learning; Medical education; Simulator

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865595099     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11251-012-9216-7     Document Type: Article

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