The importance of social and collaborative learning for online continuing medical education (OCME): Directions for future development and research

Medical Teacher

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 649-652

  Sandars, John ^a   Kokotailo, Patricia ^b   Singh, Gurmit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; EDUCATION; EUROPEAN UNION; FORECASTING; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNET; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; STANDARD;

CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EUROPEAN UNION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INTERNET; LEARNING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH;

EID: 84864248427     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2012.687847     Document Type: Article

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