Factors influencing rural health care professionals' access to continuing professional education

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 51-55

  Curran, Vernon R ^a   Fleet, Lisa ^a   Kirby, Fran ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Continuing education

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTINUING EDUCATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMPLOYER; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FUNDING; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; LICENSING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TELECOMMUNICATION; TRAVEL; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BENCHMARKING; CANADA; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EDUCATION, CONTINUING; FACULTY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TRAINING SUPPORT;

EID: 33644769264     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2006.00763.x     Document Type: Article

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