Development and evaluation of a multimedia e-learning resource for electrolyte and acid-base disorders

American Journal of Physiology - Advances in Physiology Education

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 295-306

  Davids, Mogamat Razeen ^a   Chikte, Usuf M E ^b   Halperin, Mitchell L ^c  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical problem solving; Flash; Hyponatremia; Prototypes; Software development; System usability scale; Usability; Wireframing

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054851475     PISSN: 10434046     EISSN: 15221229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/advan.00127.2010     Document Type: Article

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