Internet-based virtual classroom and educational management software enhance students' didactic and clinical experiences in perfusion education programs.
A challenge faced by many university-based perfusion education (PE) programs is the need for student clinical rotations at hospital locations that are geographically disparate from the main educational campus. The problem has been addressed through the employment of distance-learning environments. T...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Extra-Corporeal Technology Vol. 36; no. 3; pp. 235 - 240 |
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2004 Sep
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