Pointing and tracing gestures may enhance anatomy and physiology learning

Medical Teacher

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 596-601

  Macken, Lucy ^a   Ginns, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; FEMALE; GESTURE; HEART; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; TEACHING;

ADULT; ANATOMY; COMMUNICATION; COMPREHENSION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; GESTURES; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY, EDUCATIONAL; TEACHING;

EID: 84903300651     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2014.899684     Document Type: Article

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