Self-study from web-based and printed guideline materials. A randomized, controlled trial among resident physicians

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 132, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 938-946

  Bell, Douglas S ^a   Fonarow, Gregg C ^a,b   Hays, Ron D ^a   Mangione, Carol M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AFTERCARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOTIVATION; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SELF EVALUATION; SELF HELP;

EID: 0034691255     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-132-12-200006200-00003     Document Type: Article

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