Effectiveness of problem-based learning in Chinese pharmacy education: A meta-analysis Approaches to teaching and learning

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Zhou, Jiyin ^a   Zhou, Shiwen ^a   Huang, Chunji ^a   Xu, Rufu ^a   Zhang, Zuo ^a   Zeng, Shengya ^a   Qian, Guisheng ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Pharmacy education; Problem based learning

Indexed keywords

CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DATA EXTRACTION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PEDAGOGICS; PHARMACY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKILL; TEACHING; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNIVERSITY; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHINA; EDUCATION, PHARMACY; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 84955294245     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-016-0546-z     Document Type: Article

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