A clinical reasoning tool for virtual patients: Design-based research study

JMIR Medical Education

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Hege, Inga ^a   Kononowicz, Andrzej A ^b   Adler, Martin ^c  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c Instruct AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinical decision making; Computer assisted instruction; Educational technology; Learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 85050120714     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23693762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mededu.8100     Document Type: Article

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