How and what do medical students learn in clerkships? Experience based learning (ExBL)

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 721-749

  Dornan, Tim ^a   Tan, Naomi ^b   Boshuizen, Henny ^c   Gick, Rachel ^d   Isba, Rachel ^e   Mann, Karen ^b,f   Scherpbier, Albert ^a   Spencer, John ^g   Timmins, Elizabeth ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^d KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affect; Clinical teaching; Experience based learning; Real patient learning; Supported participation; Undergraduate medical education

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EDUCATION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL STUDENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; LEARNING; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84911977127     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: 15731677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-014-9501-0     Document Type: Review

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