Online technology in rural health: Supporting students to overcome the tyranny of distance

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 276-281

  McLeod, Sharynne ^a   Barbara, Anita ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fieldwork; Information technology; Occupational therapy; Peer learning; Speech pathology

Indexed keywords

ALLIED HEALTH EDUCATION; ARTICLE; FIELD WORK; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TEACHING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; FACULTY; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PEER GROUP; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY; STUDENTS, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS;

EID: 28944455591     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2005.00717.x     Document Type: Article

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