A review of evaluation outcomes of web-based continuing medical education

Medical Education

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 561-567

  Curran, Vernon R ^a   Fleet, Lisa ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Education, medical, continuing *methods; Family practice *education; Information dissemination methods; Internet; Review literature (publication type).

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EVALUATION; INTERNET; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDLINE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEER REVIEW;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FAMILY PRACTICE; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 20144367467     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2005.02173.x     Document Type: Article

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