Online virtual patients - A driver for change in medical and healthcare professional education in developing countries?

Medical Teacher

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 721-724

  Dewhurst, David ^a   Borgstein, Eric ^b   Grant, Mary E ^a   Begg, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNET; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; METHODOLOGY; TEACHING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNET;

EID: 77449132550     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590903124732     Document Type: Article

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