Exploring the use of a facebook page in anatomy education

Anatomical Sciences Education

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 199-208

  Jaffar, Akram Abood ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

E learning; Facebook; Gross anatomy education; Innovations in medical education; Social media in education; Twitter; Web based learning; Youtube

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL MEDIA; TEACHING;

ANATOMY; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULUM; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL MEDIA; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 84899656851     PISSN: 19359772     EISSN: 19359780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ase.1404     Document Type: Article

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