Continuing education for public health medicine-is it just another paper exercise?

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 357-363

  Young, Yvonne ^a   Brigley, Stephen ^b   Littlejohns, Peter ^b   McEwen, James ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Faculty of Public Health Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

continuing medical education; continuing professional development; effectiveness; evaluation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; THEORY;

ADULT; CURRICULUM; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ENGLAND; HUMANS; LEARNING; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 0029778980     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubmed.a024518     Document Type: Article

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