Enabling access to medical and health education in Rwanda using mobile technology: Needs assessment for the development of mobile medical educator apps

JMIR Medical Education

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Rusatira, Jean Christophe ^a   Tomaszewski, Brian ^b   Dusabejambo, Vincent ^a   Ndayiragije, Vincent ^a   Gonsalves, Snedden ^b   Sawant, Aishwarya ^b   Mumararungu, Angeline ^a   Gasana, George ^a   Amendezo, Etienne ^a   Haake, Anne ^b   Mutesa, Leon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

^b ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mobile medical education; Technology; User centered design

Indexed keywords

EID: 85021904127     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23693762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mededu.5336     Document Type: Article

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