Virtual patient simulation at U.S. and Canadian medical schools

Academic Medicine

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 446-451

  Huang, Grace ^a,c   Reynolds, Robby ^b   Candler, Chris ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PEDAGOGICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; UNITED STATES; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 34247645943     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31803e8a0a     Document Type: Article

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