Using Clinical Vignette Assignments to Teach Medical Informatics

Medical Reference Services Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 31-44

  Connor, Elizabeth ^a  

^a ROSS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Dominica)

Author keywords

Clinical vignettes; Informatics education; Multiple choice questions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; INFORMATION CENTER; LEARNING; LIBRARIAN; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; SKILL;

COMPUTER USER TRAINING; CURRICULUM; DOMINICA; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0842312370     PISSN: 02763869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J115v22n04_04     Document Type: Article

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