A medical informatics distance-learning course for Latin America: Translation, implementation and evaluation

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 310-315

  Otero, P ^a   Hersh, W ^b   Luna, D ^a   Gonzalez Bernaldo De Quiros F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance learning methodology; Medical informatics education; Teaching

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

EDUCATION, DISTANCE; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 77952334120     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3414/ME09-02-0009     Document Type: Article

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