Managing and supporting medical education with a virtual learning environment: The Edinburgh Electronic Medical Curriculum

Medical Teacher

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 372-380

  Ellaway, Rachel ^a   Dewhurst, David ^a   Cumming, Allan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ELECTRONICS; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; ONLINE SYSTEM; STAFF; TEACHING; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; LEARNING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCOTLAND; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0043023736     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0142159031000136789     Document Type: Article

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