The future of microbiology laboratory classes - Wet, dry or in combination?

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 338-342

  Baker, Neil ^a   Verran, Joanna ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ATTITUDE; BUDGET; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRICULUM; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNET; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MICROBIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; SAFETY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VIRTUAL REALITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; STUDENT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MICROBIOLOGY; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2142813759     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro868     Document Type: Review

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