A blended learning course taught to different groups of learners in a dental school: Follow-up evaluation

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1048-1057

  Pahinis, Kimon ^a   Stokes, Christopher W ^a   Walsh, Trevor F ^a   Tsitrou, Effrosyni ^a   Cannavina, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blended learning; Computers; Dental education; Evidence based; Online; Web based

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CURRICULUM; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL INFORMATICS; DENTAL STUDENT; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; TEACHING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; DENTAL INFORMATICS; EDUCATION, DENTAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOLS, DENTAL; STUDENTS, DENTAL; TEACHING;

EID: 54049104029     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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