Harnessing the IT factor in medical education

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1051-1054

  Lim, Ch Erie ^a   Oh, Vernon M S ^a   Koh, Dow Rhoon ^a   Seet, Raymond C S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Clinical material; Digital image; Multimedia

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NOTE; SIMULATION; STANDARDIZATION; TEACHING;

EID: 58649108293     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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