No surgeon should operate alone: How telementoring could change operations

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 150-152

  Wood, Debra ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SURGERY; TEACHER; TELEMEDICINE; TIME;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MENTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TELEMEDICINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79955104630     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2011.9986     Document Type: Note

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