Knowledge retention after an online tutorial: A randomized educational experiment among resident physicians

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1164-1171

  Bell, Douglas S ^a   Harless, Charles E ^a   Higa, Jerilyn K ^a   Bjork, Elizabeth L ^b   Bjork, Robert A ^b   Bazargan, Mohsen ^c   Mangione, Carol M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational technology; Knowledge retention; Learning theory; Online tutorial; Randomized educational experiment; Resident physicians

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FAMILY MEDICINE; HEALTH SURVEY; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RESIDENCY EDUCATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNET; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LEARNING; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 49649113657     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0604-2     Document Type: Article

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