Mobile learning for HIV/AIDS healthcare worker training in resource-limited settings

AIDS Research and Therapy

Volumn 7, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Zolfo, Maria ^a   Iglesias, David ^b   Kiyan, Carlos ^a   Echevarria, Juan ^b   Fucay, Luis ^b   Llacsahuanga, Ellar ^b   de Waard, Inge ^a   Suàrez, Victor ^c   Llaque, Walter C ^b   Lynen, Lutgarde ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERNET; LEARNING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MOBILE PHONE; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SATISFACTION; SCALE UP; STAFF TRAINING;

EID: 77956491905     PISSN: 17426405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-6405-7-35     Document Type: Article

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