Peer reviewed
ERIC Number: EJ561268
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0002-9459
EISSN: N/A
Student Exposure to Actual Patients in the Classroom.
Chisholm, Marie A.; McCall, Charles Y.; Francisco, George E., Jr.; Poirier, Sylvie
American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, v61 n4 p364-70 Win 1997
Two clinical courses for first-year dental students were designed to develop students' interaction skills through actual patient case presentations and discussions and an interdisciplinary teaching approach. Results indicate students preferred the case presentations, with or without lecture, to the lecture-only approach and felt they learned more about disease states with actual patients. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Clinical Experience, Clinical Teaching (Health Professions), Comparative Analysis, Course Descriptions, Dental Students, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Interaction, Interdisciplinary Approach, Interpersonal Relationship, Lecture Method, Patients, Pharmaceutical Education, Physician Patient Relationship, Professional Education, Simulation, Student Attitudes, Team Teaching
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A