Improving on-line skills and knowledge. A randomized trial of teaching rural physicians to use on-line medical information

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 49, Issue MAR., 2003, Pages 312-317

  Kronick, Jonathan ^a   Blake, Catherine ^a   Munoz, Eeva ^a   Heilbrunn, Lila ^a   Dunikowski, Lynn ^b   Milne, William Kenneth ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Professional Development and Practice Support   (Canada)

^c College of Family Physicians of Canada ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FOLLOW UP; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INTERNET; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; TEACHING;

COMPUTER USER TRAINING; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; ONTARIO; PILOT PROJECTS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0037346858     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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