Online spaced education to teach urology to medical students: a multi-institutional randomized trial

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 89-95

  Kerfoot, B Price ^a,b   Brotschi, Erica ^a,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Educational technology; Medical students; Undergraduate medical education; Urology

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY;

ADULT; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; UROLOGY;

EID: 57649158224     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.10.026     Document Type: Article

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