Introduction and evaluation of case-based learning in the first foundational course of an undergraduate medical curriculum

Journal of Biological Education

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 295-304

  Fortun, Jenny ^a   Morales, Ana Cecilia ^a   Tempest, Helen Ghislaine ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

active learning; Case based discussion; critical thinking; integration; medical education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84984698401     PISSN: 00219266     EISSN: 21576009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00219266.2016.1217909     Document Type: Article

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