Perceptions of junior doctors and undergraduate medical students as anatomy teachers: Investigating distance along the near-peer teaching spectrum

Anatomical Sciences Education

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 242-247

  Hall, Samuel ^a   Stephens, Jonathan ^a   Andrade, Teu ^a   Davids, Joseph ^b   Powell, Matthew ^b   Border, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Educational methodology; Effectiveness of anatomy education; Teaching of neuroscience neuroanatomy; Undergraduate medical education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICAL STUDENT; NEUROANATOMY; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEACHING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COGNITION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NEUROANATOMY; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899620667     PISSN: 19359772     EISSN: 19359780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ase.1419     Document Type: Article

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