Telemedical education: Teaching spirometry on the Internet

American Journal of Physiology - Advances in Physiology Education

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages

  Lum, Esther H ^a   Gross, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical education; Pulmonary function tests; Pulmonary physiology; Virtual Hospital

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; INTERNET; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MEDICAL EDUCATION; SKILL; SPIROMETRY; TEACHING; TELECOMMUNICATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 0033039762     PISSN: 10434046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/advances.1999.276.6.s55     Document Type: Article

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