Comparisons between the attitudes of medical and dental students toward the clinical importance of gross anatomy and physiology

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 976-987

  Olowo Ofayoku, Anthony ^a   John Moxham, Bernard ^b,c  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

Author keywords

attitudes; dental students; gross anatomy teaching; medical students; physiology teaching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL STUDENT; EXPECTATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TEACHING;

EID: 85006354677     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.22417     Document Type: Article

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