Medical education through virtual worlds: The HLTHSIM project

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 163, Issue , 2011, Pages 180-184

  Eagleson, Roy ^a   De Ribaupierre, Sandrine ^a   King, Sharla ^b   Stroulia, Eleni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); COST EFFECTIVENESS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CLASSIFICATION FRAMEWORK; COMPLEX DECISION; EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEMS; EVALUATION PLANS; HIGH LEVEL SIMULATION; OBJECTIVE MEASURE; SUBJECTIVE AND OBJECTIVE MEASURES; TRAINING SCENARIO;

E-LEARNING;

CANADA; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; TEACHING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CANADA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TEACHING; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 79953034511     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-706-2-180     Document Type: Conference Paper

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