Perceptions of a mobile technology on learning strategies in the anatomy laboratory

Anatomical Sciences Education

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 81-89

  Mayfield, Chandler H ^a   Ohara, Peter T ^a   O'Sullivan, Patricia S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy laboratory; Cadaver dissection; Contextual learning; Educational technology; Gross anatomy education; IPad; Medical education; Mobile learning

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ATTITUDE; COMPREHENSION; CURRICULUM; DEVICES; DISSECTION; EDUCATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MICROCOMPUTER; MULTIMEDIA; PERCEPTION; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING; VIDEORECORDING; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ANATOMY; ATTITUDE; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; CURRICULUM; DISSECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MULTIMEDIA; PERCEPTION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84875055766     PISSN: 19359772     EISSN: 19359780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ase.1307     Document Type: Article

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