Decision PBL: A 4-year retrospective case study of the use of virtual patients in problem-based learning

Medical Teacher

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 926-934

  Ellaway, Rachel H ^a   Poulton, Terry ^b   Jivram, Trupti ^b  

^a NORTHERN ONTARIO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Canada)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL STUDY; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; RUNNING; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER INTERFACE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING;

CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; PATIENT SIMULATION; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84964331021     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2014.970627     Document Type: Article

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