An exploratory study of the potential learning benefits for medical students in collaborative drawing: Creativity, reflection and 'critical looking'

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Lyon, Philippa ^a   Letschka, Patrick ^a   Ainsworth, Tom ^a   Haq, Inam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Creativity; Drawing; Interdisciplinarity; Self reflection

Indexed keywords

ART; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; CREATIVITY; CURRICULUM; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; VIDEORECORDING; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

ART; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CREATIVITY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; LEARNING; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84879063490     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-13-86     Document Type: Article

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