Preference of distance learning methods among post-graduate occupational physicians and hygienists

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 312-318

  Burgess, Gary ^a   Holt, Anjie ^a   Agius, Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distance learning; Distributed learning; Internet; Occupational hygiene; Occupational medicine; Post graduate education

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INTERNET; LEARNING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; PAPER; POSTAL MAIL; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; INTERNET; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 26844431561     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqi117     Document Type: Article

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