Interactive spaced education to assess and improve knowledge of clinical practice guidelines: A randomized controlled trial

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 249, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 744-749

  Kerfoot, B Price ^a,b   Kearney, Michael C ^b,c   Connelly, Donna ^d   Ritchey, Michael L ^e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d American Urological Association   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERTILITY; INTERACTIVE SPACED EDUCATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIAPISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; STAGHORN STONE; UROLOGY;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; UROLOGY;

EID: 67649562691     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31819f6db8     Document Type: Article

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