Globalisation of health and medical informatics education - What are the issues?

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 101-109

  Hovenga, Evelyn J S ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flexible learning; Globalisation; Health (medical, nursing, dental) informatics education

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; EDUCATION; HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING; INTERNET;

HIGHER EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; EDUCATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; TECHNOLOGY;

COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 1842582076     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2003.11.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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