Assessing informatics students' satisfaction with a web-based courseware system

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 181-187

  Johnson, Todd R ^a   Zhang, Jiajie ^a   Tang, Zhihua ^a   Johnson, Constance ^a   Turley, James P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational technology; Medical informatics; User computer interface; World wide web

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULA; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL COMPUTING; WORLD WIDE WEB;

COURSEWARE; HEALTH INFORMATICS;

HEALTH CARE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; INTERNET; JOB SATISFACTION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MULTIMEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 1842425006     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2003.12.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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