Health education online: Issues arising from the development and roll-out of a pilot distance education programme for NHS staff

Health Education

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 210-226

  Williams, Peter ^a   Gunter, Barrie ^b   Nicholas, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital communication systems; Distance learning; Electronics industry; National Health Service; United Kingdom; Video

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646514231     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09654280610658550     Document Type: Article

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