Can the internet widen participation in reproductive medicine education for professionals?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1800-1805

  Whittington, Kate ^a   Cook, Julian ^a   Barratt, Chris ^b   Jenkins, Julian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Internet; Postgraduate; Reproductive medicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER NETWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; INTERNET; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; TEACHING; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY; WORKSHOP;

EID: 4344632462     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh333     Document Type: Article

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