Just enough, but not too much interactivity leads to better clinical skills performance after a computer assisted learning module

Medical Teacher

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 833-839

  Kalet, A L ^a   Song, H S ^b,c   Sarpel, U ^d   Schwartz, R ^c   Brenner, J ^a,e   Ark, T K ^a   Plass, J ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGIAN COURT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e DONALD AND BARBARA ZUCKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT HOFSTRA NORTHWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

ABDOMEN; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; NEW ENGLAND; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84867963774     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2012.706727     Document Type: Article

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