Assessing the effectiveness of problem-based learning in physical diagnostics education in China: A meta-analysis

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Wang, Jianmiao ^a   Xu, Yongjian ^a   Liu, Xiansheng ^a   Xiong, Weining ^a   Xie, Jungang ^a   Zhao, Jianping ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINA; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL STUDENT; META ANALYSIS; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PUBLISHING; SKILL; TEACHING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDUCATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHINA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84994577829     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep36279     Document Type: Article

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