Medical student preferences for self-directed study resources in gross anatomy

Anatomical Sciences Education

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 150-160

  Choi Lundberg, Derek L ^a   Low, Tze Feng ^a   Patman, Phillip ^a   Turner, Paul ^a   Sinha, Sankar N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computer aided learning; E learning; Gross anatomy education; Learning resources; Medical education; Medical students; Self directed learning; Undergraduate education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; AUDIOVISUAL AID; AUSTRALIA; BOOK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERCEPTION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; STUDY SKILLS; TEACHING; VIDEORECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANATOMY; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; AUSTRALIA; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TEACHING; TEST TAKING SKILLS; TEXTBOOKS AS TOPIC; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959484331     PISSN: 19359772     EISSN: 19359780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ase.1549     Document Type: Article

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