Modernization of an anatomy class: From conceptualization to implementation. A case for integrated multimodal-multidisciplinary teaching

Anatomical Sciences Education

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 354-366

  Johnson, Elizabeth O ^a   Charchanti, Antonia V ^b   Troupis, Theodore G ^a  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anatomy models; Clinical correlation; Computer assisted learning; Curriculum revision; Greece; Gross anatomy education; Laboratory dissection; Peer teaching; Problem based learning; Team based learning; Undergraduate medical education

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; COOPERATION; CURRICULUM; DISSECTION; EDUCATION; GREECE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SOCIAL CHANGE; TEACHING;

ANATOMY; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CURRICULUM; DISSECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; GREECE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIAL CHANGE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 84868360461     PISSN: 19359772     EISSN: 19359780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ase.1296     Document Type: Article

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