A controlled trial of the effectiveness of internet continuing medical education

BMC Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Casebeer, Linda ^a   Engler, Sally ^a   Bennett, Nancy ^a   Irvine, Martin ^b   Sulkes, Destry ^b   DesLauriers, Marc ^a   Zhang, Sijian ^c  

^a Outcomes Inc   (United States)

^b Medscape LLC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN;

ADULT; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 58149345217     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-6-37     Document Type: Article

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