Attitudes of dental students towards using computers in education - A mixed design study

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 675-685

  El Tantawi, Maha M A ^a   Saleh, S M ^a  

^a University of Florida Health College of Medicine   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERNET; MALE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTER LITERACY; COMPUTER USER TRAINING; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, DENTAL; EGYPT; FACULTY, DENTAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERNET; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, DENTAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 48249105545     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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