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Pediatric physical diagnosis electronic atlas
  1. C Melville

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    Edited by Basil J Zitelli, Holly W Davis. Elsevier Mosby, 2004, £146.00 (DVD for Windows and Macintosh), ISBN 0323029922

    Today, medical education faces huge challenges. The patient contact time essential for developing clinical acumen has been progressively eroded by increased trainee numbers, reduced working time, reduced training duration, shifts, and encroachment of non-medical professionals on traditional medical areas. Skills labs have evolved to cover basic skill sequences, but there remains a gap between core skills and clinical practice. An obvious approach is to “can the experience” using modern multimedia technology to bridge the hiatus, ensuring some exposure at least to core conditions. There are various ways of developing such collections: the proprietary way, as here, or by using the internet, as for example …

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