A PDA-based instructional tool to monitor students' cardiac auscultation during a medicine clerkship

Medical Teacher

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 559-566

  Torre, Dario M ^a   Sebastian, J L ^a   Simpson, D E ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

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ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COMPETENCE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART MURMUR; HEART SOUND; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; SELF REPORT;

EID: 27744459974     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590500237895     Document Type: Article

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