Cross-cultural use and development of virtual patients

Medical Teacher

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 732-738

  Fors, Uno G H ^a   Muntean, Valentin ^b   Botezatu, Mihaela ^a,c   Zary, Nabil ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b IULIU HATIEGANU UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSIDAD EL BOSQUE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; PATIENT; TEACHING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FACULTY, MEDICAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE; LANGUAGE; PATIENTS; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TRANSLATING;

EID: 77449101239     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590903124724     Document Type: Article

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