Developing clinical skills using a virtual patient simulator in a resource-limited setting

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 192, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 102-106

  Bediang, Georges ^a   Franck, Caroline ^a   Raetzo, Marc André ^b   Doell, Jascha ^a   Ba, Marième ^a   Kamga, Yannick ^a   Baroz, Frédéric ^a   Geissbuhler, Antoine ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Centre d'Onex   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Africa; Resource limited setting; Standardized Patient; Telemedicine; Virtual Patient Simulation

Indexed keywords

TELEMEDICINE;

AFRICA; CENTRAL HOSPITALS; CLINICAL SKILLS; HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; MEDICAL STUDENTS; SIMULATION SYSTEMS; STANDARDIZED PATIENT; VIRTUAL PATIENTS;

SIMULATORS;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAMEROON; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EDUCATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; TEACHING; TELEMEDICINE;

CAMEROON; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; PATIENT SIMULATION; PATIENT-SPECIFIC MODELING; TELEMEDICINE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84894348865     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-289-9-102     Document Type: Conference Paper

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