Personal digital assistants: A review of current and potential utilization among medical residents

Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 100-104

  Tempelhof, Michael W ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROCOMPUTER; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLISHING; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; EFFICIENCY; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PUBLISHING;

EID: 70449578727     PISSN: 10401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10401330902791321     Document Type: Article

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