A retrospective look at replacing face-to-face embryology instruction with online lectures in a human anatomy course

Anatomical Sciences Education

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 234-241

  Beale, Elmus G ^a   Tarwater, Patrick M ^a   Lee, Vaughan H ^b  

^a Paul L Foster School of Medicine   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asynchronous teaching; Blended learning; CAI; Computer aided instruction; Digital video; Embryology education; Examination performance; Live lecture; Medical education; Online delivery method; Synchronous teaching

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMBRYOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING; UNITED STATES; VIDEORECORDING;

COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMBRYOLOGY; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; TEACHING; TEXAS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84899505215     PISSN: 19359772     EISSN: 19359780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ase.1396     Document Type: Article

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