Physician preferences for accredited online continuing medical education

Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 241-246

  Young, Kevin J ^a   Kim, Julie J ^b   Yeung, George ^c   Sit, Christina ^a   Tobe, Sheldon W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c CTC Communications Corp   (United States)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical practice guidelines; Continuing medical education; Internet; Knowledge translation; Qualitative research; Web resources

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCREDITATION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNET; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84055191976     PISSN: 08941912     EISSN: 1554558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chp.20136     Document Type: Article

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