Testing the effects of educational strategies on comprehension of a genomic concept using virtual reality technology

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 224-230

  Kaphingst, Kimberly A ^a   Persky, Susan ^a   McCall, Cade ^b   Lachance, Christina ^a   Loewenstein, Johanna ^a   Beall, Andrew C ^b   Blascovich, Jim ^b  

^a NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic communication; Genetics; Learning approaches; Patient education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAPPINESS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 70350084951     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2009.03.029     Document Type: Article

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