Medical students’ perceptions of peer assessment in a problem-based learning curriculum

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2015, Pages e376-e381

  Tayem, Yasin I ^a   James, Henry ^a   Al Khaja, Khalid A J ^a   Razzak, Rima L A ^a   Potu, Bhagath K ^a   Sequeira, Reginald P ^a  

^a ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Bahrain; Educational assessment; MedicaL students; Peer group; Perception; Problem based learning; Self assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940023377     PISSN: 2075051X     EISSN: 20750528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18295/squmj.2015.15.03.012     Document Type: Article

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