Telementoring: An application whose time has come

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1458-1463

  Rosser Jr , James C ^a   Young, Steven M ^a   Klonsky, Jonathan ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BROOKDALE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computing, technical; Education; Telementoring

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TRAINING; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEMEDICINE;

EDUCATION, DISTANCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MENTORS; SURGERY; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 34547168403     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-007-9263-3     Document Type: Article

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