A virtual surgery in general practice: Evaluation of a novel undergraduate virtual patient learning package

Medical Teacher

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Gormley, Gerard J ^a   McGlade, Kieran ^a   Thomson, Clare ^a   McGill, Maria ^a   Sun, Julia ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GENERAL SURGERY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053257225     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2011.599889     Document Type: Article

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