A new paradigm for teaching histology laboratories in Canada's first distributed medical school

Anatomical Sciences Education

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 95-101

  Pinder, Karen E ^a   Ford, Jason C ^a   Ovalle, William K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distributed anatomical sciences; Educational methodology; Histology; Medical education; Undergraduate medical education; Virtual microscopy

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE QUALITY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HISTOLOGY; HUMANS; INTERNET; LABORATORIES; LEARNING; MICROSCOPY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

EID: 57549113899     PISSN: 19359772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ase.22     Document Type: Article

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