Impact of the virtual patient introduction on the clinical reasoning process in dental education

Bio-Algorithms and Med-Systems

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 173-184

  Zary, Nabil ^a   Johnson, Gunilla ^a   Fors, Uno GH ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

clinical reasoning; dental education; virtual patients

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; E-LEARNING; PATIENT TREATMENT;

CLINICAL REASONING; CONTROLLED TRIAL; DENTAL EDUCATIONS; MEDICAL HISTORY; PATIENT CASE; REASONING PROCESS; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; STRATIFIED ANALYSIS; STUDENT LEARNING; VIRTUAL PATIENTS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 85044562743     PISSN: 18959091     EISSN: 1896530X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/bams-2012-0011     Document Type: Article

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