An investigation of computer literacy and attitudes amongst Greek post-graduate dental students

European Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 144-147

  Divaris, Kimon ^a   Polychronopoulou, Argy ^a   Mattheos, Nikos ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Assessment; Attitudes; Computer assisted instruction; Computer literacy; Post graduate students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CURRICULUM; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTIST; E-MAIL; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MALE; MICROCOMPUTER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTER LITERACY; CURRICULUM; DENTISTS; EDUCATION, DENTAL, GRADUATE; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCOMPUTERS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34748822992     PISSN: 13965883     EISSN: 16000579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0579.2007.00437.x     Document Type: Article

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