Medical students out of town but not out of touch: Use of personal digital assistants to improve access to clinical information and enhance learning at the point of care in rural and remote Australia

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 87-88

  Lasserre, Kaye ^a   Eley, Diann ^a   Baker, Peter ^a   Kruesi, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL EDUCATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MICROCOMPUTER; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; QUEENSLAND; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 77954202703     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2010.01131.x     Document Type: Note

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