Online faculty development for medical educators: Experience of a South Asian Program

Education for Health: Change in Learning and Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Anshu, ^a   Bansal, P ^b   Mennin, S G ^c   Burdick, W P ^d   Singh, T ^e  

^a MGIMS Sevagram ^*  (India)

^b MUHS   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^e FAIMER Regional Institute   (India)

Author keywords

Distance learning; Faculty development; On line discussions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTENT VALIDITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COURSE CONTENT; COURSE EVALUATION; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FACULTY PRACTICE; INDIA; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; LEARNING STYLE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RELIABILITY; TEACHER; WORK EXPERIENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; METHODOLOGY; TEACHING;

COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; INDIA;

EID: 70349165678     PISSN: 13576283     EISSN: 14695804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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