Effectiveness of e-learning in continuing medical education for occupational physicians

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 370-372

  Hugenholtz, Nathalie I R ^a   De Croon, Einar M ^a   Smits, Paul B ^a   Van Dijk, Frank J H ^a   Nieuwenhuijsen, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Continuing medical education; E learning; Mental health; Occupational medicine; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE BASE; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 49549112479     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqn053     Document Type: Article

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