Personal digital assistant-enabled report content knowledgebase results in more complete pathology reports and enhances resident learning

Human Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1727-1735

  Skeate, Robert C ^a,b   Wahi, Monika M ^c,d   Jessurun, Jose ^a   Connelly, Donald P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b North Central Blood Services   (United States)

^c Research Institute   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Computer; Education; Graduate; Handheld; Health care; Medical; Quality assurance; Surgical pathology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROL GROUP; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE BASE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MICROSCOPE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; QUALITY CONTROL; RESIDENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL;

EID: 36549037541     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2007.05.019     Document Type: Article

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