Twelve tips for teachers to encourage student engagement in academic medicine

Medical Teacher

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 549-554

  Lawson McLean, Aaron ^a   Saunders, Christopher ^b   Velu, Prasad Palani ^c   Iredale, John ^c   Hor, Kahyee ^c   Russell, Clark D ^c  

^a NEWHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLISHING; TEACHER; TEACHING; TRENDS; ARTICLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CAREER CHOICE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTORS; PUBLISHING; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 84880081973     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2013.775412     Document Type: Review

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