Medical education for rural areas: Opportunities and challenges for information and communications technologies

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 301-307

  Sargeant, J M ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

E learning; ICT; Information and communications technology; Medical education; Technology; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; RURAL AREA;

COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 30444456505     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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