Problem-based learning in internal medicine: virtual patients or paper-based problems?

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 99-103

  Sobocan, Monika ^a   Turk, Neja ^a   Dinevski, Dejan ^a   Hojs, Radovan ^a,b   Pecovnik Balon, Breda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

clinical reasoning; curriculum development; education technology; health education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; VIRTUAL REALITY; EDUCATION; MOTIVATION; PROCEDURES; SLOVENIA; THINKING;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLOVENIA; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; THINKING;

EID: 85010297254     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imj.13304     Document Type: Article

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