Is the time right for direct entry into a career in health and biomedical informatics?

Informatics in Primary Care

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 167-170

  de Lusignan, Simon ^a   Ellis, Beverley ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; CAREER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONSUMER; EDITORIAL; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INTERNET; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL GENETICS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROTEOMICS; REGISTRATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 28044459672     PISSN: 14760320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14236/jhi.v13i3.593     Document Type: Editorial

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