Using social media to improve continuing medical education: A survey of course participants

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1162-1170

  Wang, Amy T ^a   Sandhu, Nicole P ^a   Wittich, Christopher M ^a   Mandrekar, Jayawant N ^a   Beckman, Thomas J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERNET; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL MEDIA USE AND PERCEPTION INSTRUMENT; STUDENT ATTITUDE; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 84872904182     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2012.07.024     Document Type: Article

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