Shoestring budgets, band-aids, and team work: Challenges and motivators in the development of a web-based resource for undergraduate clinical skills teaching

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Simmons, Collan ^a   Nyhof Young, Joyce ^b,c   Bradley, John ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical skills; Focus groups; Internet; Interviews; Medical history taking; Qualitative research; Teaching methods; Training techniques; Undergraduate medical education

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; BUDGET; CANADA; CLINICAL MEDICINE; CURRICULUM; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENT; EQUIPMENT; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOTIVATION; MULTIMEDIA; SKILL; TEACHING; TEAMWORK; UNIVERSITY; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 29144500538     PISSN: 14388871     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.7.2.e14     Document Type: Article

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