Virtual Clinical Simulation: The State of the Science

Clinical Simulation in Nursing

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Foronda, Cynthia ^a   Godsall, Lyndon ^a   Trybulski, JoAnn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

3D gaming; Clinical; Education; Nursing; Online; Simulation; Virtual; Web based

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880577114     PISSN: 18761399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecns.2012.05.005     Document Type: Review

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