Comparison of the Impact of Wikipedia, UpToDate, and a Digital Textbook on Short-Term Knowledge Acquisition Among Medical Students: Randomized Controlled Trial of Three Web-Based Resources.
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- 2017 Oct 31
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@article{allodium:10.2196/mededu.8188,
title = {Comparison of the Impact of Wikipedia, UpToDate, and a Digital Textbook on Short-Term Knowledge Acquisition Among Medical Students: Randomized Controlled Trial of Three Web-Based Resources.},
author = {Scaffidi MA and Khan R and Wang C and Keren D and Tsui C and Garg A and Brar S and Valoo K and Bonert M and de Wolff JF and Heilman J and Grover SC},
year = {2017},
journal = {JMIR medical education},
doi = {10.2196/mededu.8188},
url = {https://doi.org/10.2196/mededu.8188}
}RIS
TY - JOUR TI - Comparison of the Impact of Wikipedia, UpToDate, and a Digital Textbook on Short-Term Knowledge Acquisition Among Medical Students: Randomized Controlled Trial of Three Web-Based Resources. AU - Scaffidi MA AU - Khan R AU - Wang C AU - Keren D AU - Tsui C AU - Garg A AU - Brar S AU - Valoo K AU - Bonert M AU - de Wolff JF AU - Heilman J AU - Grover SC PY - 2017 JO - JMIR medical education DO - 10.2196/mededu.8188 UR - https://doi.org/10.2196/mededu.8188 ER -
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MA, S., R, K., C, W., D, K., C, T., A, G., S, B., K, V., M, B., JF, D. W., J, H., & SC, G. (2017). Comparison of the Impact of Wikipedia, UpToDate, and a Digital Textbook on Short-Term Knowledge Acquisition Among Medical Students: Randomized Controlled Trial of Three Web-Based Resources.. JMIR medical education. https://doi.org/10.2196/mededu.8188
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