Virtual patients in undergraduate surgery education: A randomized controlled study

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 54-59

  Vash, Javad H ^a   Yunesian, Masud ^a   Shariati, Mohammad ^a   Keshvari, Amir ^a   Harirchi, Iraj ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Clinical clerkship; Computer assisted instruction; Randomized controlled trials; User computer interface

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; SURGERY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33846459054     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2006.03978.x     Document Type: Article

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