Workplace injury management: Using new technology to deliver and evaluate physician continuing medical education

Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 719-730

  Karlinsky, Harry ^a,b   Dunn, Celina ^b   Clifford, Bill ^b   Atkins, Jim ^b   Pachev, George ^a   Cunningham, Ken ^c   Fenrich, Peter ^d   Bayani, Yassaman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b WorkSafeBC   (Canada)

^c ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d BRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Continuing medical education; Disability management; Online learning; Videoconferencing; Workplace injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; TENNIS ELBOW; VIDEOCONFERENCING; WORK DISABILITY; WORK RESUMPTION; WORKPLACE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRITISH COLUMBIA; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENNIS ELBOW; VIDEOCONFERENCING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33845288552     PISSN: 10530487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10926-006-9047-y     Document Type: Article

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