Teaching emergency preparedness to public health workers: Use of blended learning in web-based training

Public Health Reports

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 676-680

  Chandler, Thomas ^a,b   Qureshi, Kristine ^c   Gebbie, Kristine M ^a,d   Morse, Stephen S ^e  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^e Center for International Forestry Research   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FIRST AID; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LEARNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TEACHING; WEB BROWSER; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CURRICULUM; DISASTER PLANNING; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERNET; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIOTERRORISM; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; DISASTER PLANNING; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; INTERNET; NEW YORK CITY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 56149097197     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335490812300521     Document Type: Review

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