Adoption of computer-assisted learning in medical education: The educators' perspective

Medical Education

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1063-1073

  Schifferdecker, Karen E ^a   Berman, Norm B ^a   Fall, Leslie H ^a   Fischer, Martin R ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEDIATRICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; FACULTY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEARNING; PEDIATRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84867800783     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2012.04350.x     Document Type: Article

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