Virtual microscopy-The future of teaching histology in the medical curriculum?

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 192, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 378-382

  Paulsen, Friedrich P ^a,b   Eichhorn, Michael ^b   Bräuer, Lars ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Telemedicine; Virtual education; Virtual histology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; DENTISTRY; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTERNET; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; MICROSCOPY; TEACHING; VIRTUAL MICROSCOPY;

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; GERMANY; HISTOLOGY; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; QUALITY CONTROL; TEACHING; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 78349310785     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2010.09.008     Document Type: Article

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