Overcoming distance: Video-conferencing as a clinical and educational tool among surgeons

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1356-1365

  Augestad, Knut Magne ^a,b   Lindsetmo, Rolv Ole ^b,c  

^a Norwegian Centre for Telemedicine   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; MOBILE PHONE; PEER REVIEW; PUBLICATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; TELEMEDICINE; TRAUMATOLOGY; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL POPULATION; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TELEMEDICINE; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

EID: 67349161812     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-009-0036-0     Document Type: Article

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