Educational Implications of a Social Networking Application, Twitter™, for Anatomical Sciences

Medical Science Educator

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 273-278

  Lee, Lisa M J ^a   Gould, Douglas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY WILLIAM BEAUMONT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomical Sciences; Education; Social Media; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993219679     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21568650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40670-014-0048-8     Document Type: Article

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