Distance Education to Prepare Nursing Faculty in Eritrea: Diffusion of an Innovative Model of Midwifery Education

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Johnson, Peter ^a   Ghebreyohanes, Ghidey ^a   Cunningham, Vivian ^a   Kutenplon, Deborah ^a   Bouey, Ora ^a  

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Author keywords

distance education; e learning; human resources for health; midwifery; nursing

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COMMUNICATION SOFTWARE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTERIZED ADAPTIVE TESTING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; ERITREA; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERNET; MEDICAL STUDENT; MIDWIFERY EDUCATION; NURSING; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIVERSITY;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; ERITREA; FACULTY, NURSING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDWIFERY; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MODELS, NURSING; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PREGNANCY; STUDENTS, NURSING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548381306     PISSN: 15269523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmwh.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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