Evaluation of a joint Bioinformatics and Medical Informatics international course in Peru

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Curioso, Walter H ^a,b   Hansen, Jacquelyn R ^b   Centurion Lara, Arturo ^b   Garcia, Patricia J ^a   Wolf, Fredric M ^b   Fuller, Sherrilynne ^b   Holmes, King K ^b   Kimball, Ann Marie ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BIOINFORMATICS; COURSE EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PERU; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOLOGY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; EVALUATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PERU; PUBLIC HEALTH; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40549097768     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-1     Document Type: Article

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