Using activity theory to study cultural complexity in medical education

Perspectives on Medical Education

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 190-203

  Frambach, Janneke M ^a   Driessen, Erik W ^a   van der Vleuten, Cees P M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activity theory; Cross cultural research; Qualitative research; Socio cultural theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84951140437     PISSN: 22122761     EISSN: 2212277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40037-014-0114-3     Document Type: Article

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