Learning anatomy: Do new computer models improve spatial understanding?

Medical Teacher

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 519-522

  Garg, Amit ^a   Norman, Geoff ^a   Spero, Lawrence ^b   Taylor, Ian ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CARPAL BONE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0032855789     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421599979239     Document Type: Article

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