Assessing a nephrology-focused YouTube channel's potential to educate health care providers

Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 81-85

  Desai, Tejas ^a   Sanghani, Vivek ^b   Fang, Xiangming ^a   Christiano, Cynthia ^a   Ferris, Maria ^c  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet learning; Medical informatics; Social media

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OUTCOME OF EDUCATION; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL MEDIA; VIDEORECORDING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HUMANS; NEPHROLOGY; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL MEDIA; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84866131709     PISSN: 11218428     EISSN: 17246059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/jn.5000115     Document Type: Article

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