Personal digital assistants: A review of their application in graduate medical education

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 262-267

  Mattana, Joseph ^a,b   Charitou, Marina ^a,b   Mills, Lisa ^a,b   Baskin, Cindy ^a,b   Steinberg, Harry ^a,b   Tu, Conan ^a,b   Kerpen, Howard ^a,b  

^a LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Graduate medical education; Personal digital assistants; Residency training

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MICROCOMPUTER; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27744433466     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860605278616     Document Type: Review

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