Evaluation of a blended learning model in geriatric medicine: A successful learning experience for medical students

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 103-109

  Duque, Gustavo ^a,b   Demontiero, Oddom ^a,b   Whereat, Sarah ^a   Gunawardene, Piumali ^b   Leung, Oliver ^b   Webster, Peter ^b   Sardinha, Luis ^b   Boersma, Derek ^b   Sharma, Anita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NEPEAN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blended; Geriatric medicine; Medical student; Video game; Web based

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GERIATRICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; TEACHING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEEDBACK; GERIATRICS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEARNING; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 84879422013     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2012.00620.x     Document Type: Article

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