Mobile technology: Creation and use of an iBook to teach the anatomy of the brachial plexus

Anatomical Sciences Education

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 429-437

  Stewart, Stuart ^a   Choudhury, Bipasha ^b  

^a NORTH MANCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus; Computer assisted learning; Digital anatomy; E learning; Gross anatomy education; IBook; IPad; Multimedia; Undergraduate education

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CURRICULUM; DEVICES; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MOBILE APPLICATION; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING;

ANATOMY; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PERCEPTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TEACHING;

EID: 84940595194     PISSN: 19359772     EISSN: 19359780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ase.1501     Document Type: Article

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