Getting it right:The impact of a continuing medical education program on hepatitis B knowledge of Australian primary care providers

International Journal of General Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue , 2013, Pages 115-122

  Robotin, Monica ^a,b   Patton, Yumi ^c   George, Jacob ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continuing medical education; Hepatitis b screening; Hepatocellular cancer; Screening; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 84875295831     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11787074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IJGM.S41299     Document Type: Article

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