Severe acute respiratory syndrome and the delivery of continuing medical education: Case study from Toronto

Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 76-81

  Davis, Dave ^a   Ryan, David ^b   Sibbald, Gary ^c   Rachlis, Anita ^c   Davies, Sharon ^d   Manchul, Lee ^e   Parikh, Sagar ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Pediatric Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery   (Canada)

^e PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Administration; Continuing medical education (CME); Disaster planning; Distance education; Infectious disease outbreak; Public health; Rapid deployment; Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HUMANS; ONTARIO; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 4043096444     PISSN: 08941912     EISSN: 1554558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chp.1340240204     Document Type: Article

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