Online spaced education generates transfer and improves long-term retention of diagnostic skills: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 211, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Kerfoot, B Price ^a,b   Fu, Yineng ^b   Baker, Harley ^c   Connelly, Donna ^d   Ritchey, Michael L ^e   Genega, Elizabeth M ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY CHANNEL ISLANDS   (United States)

^d American Urological Association   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

IC; intervention cohort; OC; outcomes cohort; WBT; Web based teaching

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER; COHORT ANALYSIS; E-MAIL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ONLINE ANALYSIS; ONLINE ANALYTICAL PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SPACED EDUCATION; SURGICAL TRAINING; TESTIS; UNITED STATES; UROLOGY; WEB BASED TEACHING;

EID: 77956190699     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2010.04.023     Document Type: Article

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