The effectiveness of integration of virtual patients in a collaborative learning activity

Medical Teacher

Volumn 40, Issue sup1, 2018, Pages S96-S103

  Marei, Hesham F ^a   Donkers, Jeroen ^b   Van Merrienboer, Jeroen J G ^b  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL STUDENT; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEACHING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CURRICULUM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT SIMULATION; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZATION; SIMULATION TRAINING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY PLACEMENT; MALE; PATIENT SIMULATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SIMULATION TRAINING; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 85046693634     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0142159X.2018.1465534     Document Type: Article

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