A computer simulation designed for problem-based learning.
OBJECTIVES: As problem-based learning is increasingly used in medical education, there is a growing need to capture the diversity of the events occurring during problem-based learning sessions in order to understand the way in which students learn. The computer simulation described attempts to analy...
| Publicado en: | Medical Education Vol. 33; no. 1; pp. 47 - 55 |
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| Formato: | tables/charts Journal Article |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Jan1999
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