Impact of a provincial asthma guidelines continuing medical education project: The Ontario Asthma Plan of Action's Provider Education in Asthma Care Project

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 111-117

  Lougheed, M Diane ^a,b   Moosa, Dilshad ^c   Finlayson, Shelagh ^c   Hopman, Wilma M ^a,b   Quinn, Mallory ^b   Szpiro, Kim ^b   Reisman, Joseph ^d  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Ontario Lung Association   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asthma; Continuing medical education; Guidelines

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANADA; CONTINUING EDUCATION; LEARNING STYLE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY CARE; SPIROMETRY; TEACHING; HUMAN;

ASTHMA; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HUMANS; ONTARIO; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 34248343036     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2007/768203     Document Type: Article

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