Placing learning needs in context: Distance learning for clinical officers in Tanzania

Medical Teacher

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Brigley, Stephen ^a   Hosein, Ian ^b   Myemba, Irnei ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF AND VALE UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^c Tanzanian Ministry of Health   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COUNSELING; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEARNING; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL STAFF; MORALITY; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TANZANIA; TEACHER; TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED NATIONS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TANZANIA; UNITED NATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649976701     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590802590546     Document Type: Review

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