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. 1995 Nov 1;153(9):1327–1328.

The electronic medical-student exchange: a low-cost alternative to overseas electives.

T Ostbye 1, M White 1, G Hoffer 1, F Bojan 1
PMCID: PMC1487492  PMID: 7497396

Abstract

The authors report on an international collaboration that uses the Internet for medical education. In addition to introducing the students to electronic communication, the project aims to further international collaboration and understanding and to emphasize the importance of a population perspective for health and disease. Students and professors in Canada, England and Hungary participated.

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