Incorporating iPads into a preclinical curriculum: A pilot study

Medical Teacher

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 226-230

  George, Paul ^a   Dumenco, Luba ^a   Doyle, Richard ^a   Dollase, Richard ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CURRICULUM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MINICOMPUTER; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MINICOMPUTERS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHODE ISLAND; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84874842486     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2012.735384     Document Type: Article

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