The Internet and the medical radiation science practitioner

Radiography

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 233-241

  Shanahan, Madeleine ^a   Herrington, Anthony ^b   Herrington, Jan ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accessibility; E learning; Internet; Lifelong learning; Medical radiation science; Professional learning

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; E-MAIL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 67649307022     PISSN: 10788174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radi.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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