Using the Internet to teach melanoma management guidelines to primary care physicians

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 199-211

  Harris Jr , John M ^a,b   Salasche, Stuart J ^a   Harris, Robin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Med Directions Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Medical education; Melanoma; Skin cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNET; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MELANOMA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN CANCER;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ARIZONA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNET; MELANOMA; TEACHING;

EID: 0033002474     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2753.1999.00194.x     Document Type: Article

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