Practical strategies for effective lectures

Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 561-566

  Lenz, Peter H ^a   McCallister, Jennifer W ^b   Luks, Andrew M ^c   Le, Tao T ^d   Fessler, Henry E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Audiovisual aids; Educational technology; Learning; Lectures; Teaching methods

Indexed keywords

AUDIOVISUAL AID; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; HUMAN; LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NARRATIVE; PUBLIC SPEAKING; TEACHING; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROCEDURES;

AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; TEACHING;

EID: 84928711999     PISSN: 23256621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201501-024AR     Document Type: Conference Paper

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