Electronic discussion forums in medical ethics education: The impact of didactic guidelines and netiquette

Medical Education

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 711-717

  Buelens, Herman ^a,b   Totté, Nicole ^b   Deketelaere, Ann ^b   Dierickx, Kris ^b  

^a Catholic University of Leuven ^*  (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

*ethics, medical; ANOVA; Internet *ethics standards; Practice guidelines *standards; Professional practice standards; Randomised controlled trial publication type

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ELECTRONICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; ETHICS, MEDICAL; INTERNET; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

EID: 34447134931     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2007.02793.x     Document Type: Article

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