Medical students learn over distance using virtual reality simulation

Simulation in Healthcare

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 10-15

  Alverson, Dale C ^a   Saiki Jr , Stanley M ^d   Kalishman, Summers ^a   Lindberg, Marlene ^d   Mennin, Stewart ^a   Mines, Jan ^a   Serna, Lisa ^a   Summers, Kenneth ^b   Jacobs, Joshua ^d   Lozanoff, Scott ^d   Lozanoff, Beth ^e   Saland, Linda ^a   Mitchell, Steven ^a   Umland, Berthold ^a   Greene, Gordon ^d   Buchanan, Holly S ^a   Keep, Marcus ^a   Wilks, David ^e   Wax, Diane S ^e   Coulter, Robert ^e   Goldsmith, Timothy E ^c   Caudell, Thomas P ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of New Mexico   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Distance education; Simulation; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; RATING SCALE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 39549091923     PISSN: 15592332     EISSN: 1559713X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SIH.0b013e31815f0d51     Document Type: Article

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