Student perceptions of a hands-on practicum to supplement an online eHealth course

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Edirippulige, Sisira ^a   Smith, Anthony C ^a   Armfield, Nigel R ^a   Bensink, Mark ^b   Wootton, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c Norwegian Centre for Integrated Care and Telemedicine   (Norway)

Author keywords

Curriculum; Education and training; Remote consultation; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STUDENT;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTERNET; QUEENSLAND; STUDENTS;

EID: 84872469181     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2029     Document Type: Article

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