Use of an online curriculum to teach delirium to fourth-year medical students: A comparison with lecture format

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1328-1332

  Chao, Serena H ^a   Brett, Belle ^b   Wiecha, John M ^a   Norton, Lisa E ^a   Levine, Sharon A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Brett Consulting Group   (United States)

Author keywords

delirium; online learning; undergraduate medical education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; DELIRIUM; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; ONLINE SYSTEM; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT;

COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULUM; DELIRIUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; INTERNET;

EID: 84863840812     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04035.x     Document Type: Article

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