Online collaborative learning for healthcare continuing professional development: Lessons from the recent literature

Education for Primary Care

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 584-592

  Sandars, John ^a,b   Langlois, Michele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continuing professional development; E learning; Literature reviews; Online collaboration

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM; E-MAIL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT;

EID: 33845951330     PISSN: 14739879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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