A day of immersive physiology experiments increases knowledge and excitement towards physiology and scientific careers in Native American students

Advances in Physiology Education

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 137-144

  Becker, Bryan K ^a   Schiller, Alicia M ^a   Zucker, Irving H ^a   Eager, Eric A ^b   Bronner, Liliana P ^c   Godfrey, Maurice ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

And mathematics education; Engineering; Outreach; PhUn; Science; Technology; Underrepresented populations

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEBRASKA; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHOOL; SOUTH DAKOTA; STUDENT; TRENDS;

ADOLESCENT; CAREER CHOICE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; NEBRASKA; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SCHOOLS; SOUTH DAKOTA; STUDENTS;

EID: 85013093342     PISSN: 10434046     EISSN: 15221229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/advan.00165.2016     Document Type: Article

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