How residents and interns utilise and perceive the personal digital assistant and UpToDate

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Phua, Jason ^a   Lim, Tow Keang ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Dept Medicine Endocrinol Diabet   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DRUG INFORMATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MICROCOMPUTER; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SINGAPORE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SINGAPORE;

EID: 48249154633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-39     Document Type: Article

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