Cracks in problem-based learning: What is your action plan?

Medical Teacher

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 806-814

  Azer, Samy A ^a   Mclean, Michelle ^b   Onishi, Hirotaka ^c   Tagawa, Masami ^d   Scherpbier, Albert ^e  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; UNIVERSITY; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY;

COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FACULTY; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84884517831     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2013.826792     Document Type: Article

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