An internet-based exercise as a component of an overall training program addressing medical aspects of radiation emergency management

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 18-25

  Levy, Kirsten ^a   Aghababian, Richard V ^b   Hirsch, Erwin F ^a   Screnci, Domenic ^a   Boshyan, Anna ^c   Ricks, Robert C ^d   Samiei, Massoud ^e  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Armenia)

^d REAC TS   (United States)

^e INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

continuing medical education; disaster planning; distance learning; emergency medical services; radiation accidents; radiation emergency management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; DISASTER PLANNING; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY; EUROPE; EVALUATION; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIATION INJURY; RESCUE PERSONNEL; TEACHING; TELECOMMUNICATION; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULUM; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; EUROPE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNET; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 22144439887     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00025048     Document Type: Article

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