Introduction of virtual patients onto a final year anesthesia course: Hong kong experience

Advances in Medical Education and Practice

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 71-83

  Leung, Joseph Y C ^a   Critchley, Lester A H ^a   Yung, Alex L K ^a   Kumta, Shekhar M ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; E learning; Medical education; Virtual patient

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880274073     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11797258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/AMEP.S13037     Document Type: Review

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