A Rapid Review of the Factors Affecting Healthcare Students' Satisfaction with Small-Group, Active Learning Methods

Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 15-25

  Kilgour, James M ^a   Grundy, Lisa ^a   Monrouxe, Lynn V ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

narrative synthesis; PBL; rapid review; Small group learning; Student satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CURRICULUM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MODEL; NARRATIVE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; SATISFACTION; STUDENT; STUDENT SATISFACTION; SYNTHESIS; EDUCATION; GROUP PROCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL;

GROUP PROCESSES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING;

EID: 84954542779     PISSN: 10401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10401334.2015.1107484     Document Type: Article

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