Scientific writing: A randomized controlled trial comparing standard and on-line instruction

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Phadtare, Amruta ^a   Bahmani, Anu ^a   Shah, Anand ^b   Pietrobon, Ricardo ^c  

^a Kalpavriksha Healthcare and Research   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION RESEARCH; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICINE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSING; ONLINE SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARD; STUDENT SATISFACTION; TEACHER; TEACHING; TRAINING; UNITED STATES; WEB BROWSER; WRITING; WRITTEN LANGUAGE; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCIENCE;

ADULT; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCIENCE; TEACHING; UNITED STATES; WRITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650732498     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-27     Document Type: Article

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