Learning Theory and Educational Intervention: Producing Meaningful Evidence of Impact Through Layered Analysis

Academic Medicine

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2019, Pages 789-794

  Cianciolo, Anna T ^a   Regehr, Glenn ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; EVALUATION STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROCEDURES;

DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING;

EID: 85067282845     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000002591     Document Type: Review

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