Palpatory diagnosis training on the virtual haptic back: Performance improvement and user evaluations

Journal of the American Osteopathic Association

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-36

  Howell, John N ^a,c   Conatser, Robert R ^a   Williams II, Robert L ^b   Burns, Janet M ^a   Eland, David C ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ohio University   (United States)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PALPATION; PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; THORAX; TRAINING; VIRTUAL HAPTIC BACK;

BACK; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PALPATION; TEACHING MATERIALS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 39449121898     PISSN: 00986151     EISSN: 00986151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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