Characteristics of educational software use in 106 clinical laboratories

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 494-500

  Astion, Michael L ^a,c   Kim, Sara ^a   Terrazas, Enrique ^b   Nelson, Amanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical laboratories; Computer assisted instruction; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CROSS TRAINING; LEARNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; TEACHING;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; HUMANS; PATHOLOGY, CLINICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOFTWARE; TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 0036783204     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/5RKT-PT2D-93PF-DVEK     Document Type: Article

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