Factors for increasing adoption of e-courses among dental and dental hygiene faculty members

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 589-597

  Debate, Rita D ^a   Cragun, Deborah ^a   Severson, Herbert H ^b   Shaw, Tracy ^b   Christiansen, Steve ^c   Koerber, Anne ^d   Tomar, Scott ^e   Brown, Kelli McCormack ^f   Tedesco, Lisa A ^g,h   Hendricson, William ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Deschutes Research Inc   (United States)

^c InterVision Media ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^g James T Laney School of Graduate Studies   (United States)

^h EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental education; Dental hygiene education; Diffusion of Innovations; E curriculum; E learning; Qualitative research; Web based learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CURRICULUM; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTAL EDUCATION; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MALE; MASS COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULUM; DENTAL HYGIENISTS; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EDUCATION, DENTAL; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; FACULTY, DENTAL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955841194     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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