Undergraduate teaching in geriatric medicine using computer-aided learning improves student performance in examinations.
Background: computer-aided learning (CAL) is increasingly used to deliver teaching, but few studies have evaluated its impact on learning within geriatric medicine. We developed and implemented CAL packages on falls and continence, and evaluated their effect on student performance in two medical sch...
| Published in: | Age & Ageing Vol. 42; no. 4; pp. 541 - 545 |
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Jul2013
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