Designing an African-context game to entice physiotherapy students to study child developmental milestones.
Educational challenge: Teaching child developmental milestones in undergraduate physiotherapy can be challenging due to the high volume of factual content, which students often find difficult to master. Furthermore, higher education institutions are expected to promote self-directed learning among s...
| Publicado en: | Medical Teacher Vol. 48; no. 8; pp. 1313 - 1316 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Aug2026
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