Web-based learning in undergraduate medical education: Development and assessment of an online course on experimental surgery

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 73, Issue 9-10, 2004, Pages 731-742

  Bernardo, Viviane ^a   Ramos, Monica Parente ^a   Plapler, Helio ^a   De Figueiredo, Luiz Francisco Poli ^a   Nader, Helena B ^b   Anção, Meide Silva ^a   Von Dietrich, Carl P ^c   Sigulem, Daniel ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Hd Molec Biol Grad Prog F   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Distance learning; Internet; Medical education; World wide web

Indexed keywords

STUDENTS; SURGERY; TELECOMMUNICATION; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ONLINE COMMUNITY; WEB-BASED LEARNING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL STUDENT; ONLINE ANALYSIS; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SURGERY;

EID: 4344644604     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2004.06.002     Document Type: Article

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