Use of student-centred, computer-mediated communication to enhance the medical school curriculum.
OBJECTIVES: While it is clear that computers will play an important role in the study and practice of medicine their introduction into the curriculum remains controversial. Computer purchase has been made compulsory for incoming students. DESIGN: Members of the incoming class were allowed to purchas...
| Publicado en: | Medical Education Vol. 33; no. 10; pp. 757 - 762 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Oct1999
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