A Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Videoconference-Based Tele-Education for Medical and Nursing Education

Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 78-87

  Chipps, Jennifer ^a   Brysiewicz, Petra ^a   Mars, Maurice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Distance education; Medical education; Nursing education; Systematic review; Videoconference

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; NURSING EDUCATION; REVIEW; SOUTH AFRICA; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

EDUCATION, DISTANCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATION, NURSING; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; SOUTH AFRICA; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

EID: 84860238022     PISSN: 1545102X     EISSN: 17416787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6787.2012.00241.x     Document Type: Review

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