An e-learning reproductive health module to support improved student learning and interaction: A prospective interventional study at a medical school in Egypt

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Abdelhai, Rehab ^a   Yassin, Sahar ^a   Ahmad, Mohamad F ^b   Fors, Uno G H ^c,d  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b National Tempus Office Egypt   (Egypt)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

e Learning; Egypt; Medical education; On line learning; Public health; Reproductive health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; STATISTICS; TEACHING;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EGYPT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858416905     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-12-11     Document Type: Review

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