Towards a typology of virtual patients

Medical Teacher

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 743-748

  Huwendiek, Sören ^a   De Leng, Bas A ^b   Zary, Nabil ^c   Fischer, Martin R ^d   Ruiz, Jorge G ^e   Ellaway, Rachel ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^f NORTHERN ONTARIO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; TEACHING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL;

EID: 77449084186     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590903124708     Document Type: Article

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