Quasi-experimental study on the effectiveness of the readers' test in the medical journal La revue Prescrire

Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-57

  Broclain, Dominique ^a   Mura, Philippe ^a   Nivet Carre, Dominique ^a   Barbot, Janine ^b   Nory, Françoise ^b   Bardelay, Gilles ^a  

^a La Revue Prescrire   (France)

^b EVAL   (France)

Author keywords

Continuing; Knowledge recall; Medical education; Quasi experimental study; Readers' test

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347255892     PISSN: 08941912     EISSN: 1554558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chp.1340180108     Document Type: Article

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