The impact of guidelines and different dissemination strategies on GPs' knowledge of magnetic resonance imaging

Medical Education

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 777-779

  Robling, M R ^a,d   Kinnersley, P ^a   Houston, H ^a   Hourihan, M D ^b   Cohen, D R ^c   Hale, J ^c  

^a Llanedeyrn Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Glamorgan   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education, medical, continuing; Family practice, education; Great Britain; Information services; Knowledge, attitudes, practice; Magnetic resonance imaging; Practice guidelines

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; VIDEORECORDING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FAMILY PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 0032865772     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.1999.00461.x     Document Type: Article

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