Computer literacy and E-learning perception in Cameroon: The case of Yaounde Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Bediang, Georges ^a,b   Stoll, Beat ^b   Geissbuhler, Antoine ^b   Klohn, Axel M ^b   Stuckelberger, Astrid ^b   Nko'O, Samuel ^a   Chastonay, Philippe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Africa; Developing Countries; E learning; Medical education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERNET; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TEACHING; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAMEROON; COMPUTER LITERACY; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FACULTY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876296517     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-13-57     Document Type: Article

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