Integration of clinical and basic sciences in concept maps: A mixed-method study on teacher learning

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Vink, Sylvia C ^a   Van Tartwijk, Jan ^b   Bolk, Jan ^c   Verloop, Nico ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Analysis of content; Clinical knowledge; Clinical reasoning; Concept mapping; Cooperative learning; Curriculum development; Design based research; Educational intervention; Instructional design; Teacher learning

Indexed keywords

CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION TREE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

COMMUNICATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION TREES; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 84928232120     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-015-0299-0     Document Type: Article

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