Teaching clinical pharmacology using team-based learning: A comparison between third- and fourth-year medical students

Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1806-1814

  Bou Akl, Imad ^a   Ghaddar, Fatima ^a   Sabra, Ramzi ^a   Parmelee, Dean ^b   Simaan, Joseph A ^a   Kanafani, Zeina A ^a   Zgheib, Nathalie K ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical pharmacology; Education; medical students; performance; team based learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERFORMANCE; PRESCRIPTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEAM BASED LEARNING;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; PHARMACOLOGY, CLINICAL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84868620664     PISSN: 00912700     EISSN: 15524604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0091270011428986     Document Type: Article

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