Hepatitis C videoconferencing: The impact on continuing medical education for rural healthcare providers

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 269-277

  Rossaro, Lorenzo ^a,c   Tran, Thu P ^b   Ransibrahmanakul, Kanat ^a   Rainwater, Julie A ^b   Csik, Genell ^b   Cole, Stacey L ^b   Prosser, Colette C ^a   Nesbitt, Thomas S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; TELECONFERENCING; VIRUSES;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS (HCV); VIDEOCONFERENCING (VC);

TELEMEDICINE;

ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DISEASE COURSE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RURAL AREA; TELEMEDICINE; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

EID: 34447299160     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2006.0050     Document Type: Article

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