Developing technology-enhanced active learning for medical education: Challenges, solutions, and future directions

Journal of the American Osteopathic Association

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 202-211

  McCoy, Lise ^a   Pettit, Robin K ^a   Lewis, Joy H ^a   Bennett, Thomas ^a   Carrasco, Noel ^a   Brysacz, Stanley ^a   Makin, Inder Raj S ^a   Hutman, Ryan ^a   Schwartz, Frederic N ^a  

^a A T STILL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGY; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INTERNET; LEARNING; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84934990298     PISSN: 00986151     EISSN: 19451997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7556/jaoa.2015.042     Document Type: Article

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