Building a Global Health Education Network for Clinical Care and Research. The Benefits and Challenges of Distance Learning Tools. Lessons Learned from the Hopkins Center for Clinical Global Health Education

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 385-398

  Bollinger, Robert C ^a   McKenzie White, Jane ^a   Gupta, Amita ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical; Distance learning; Education; Global health; MHealth; Research

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CAPACITY BUILDING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTINUING EDUCATION PROVIDER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMPOWERMENT; EVALUATION RESEARCH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION; INTERNET; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; VIDEOCONFERENCING; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 79957668553     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: 15579824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2011.02.006     Document Type: Review

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