Effective or just practical? An evaluation of an online postgraduate module on evidence-based medicine (EBM)

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Rohwer, Anke ^a   Young, Taryn ^a,b   Van Schalkwyk, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Evidence based medicine; Online learning; Postgraduate

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EVALUATION STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TEACHING; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD;

COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS;

EID: 84878084570     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-13-77     Document Type: Article

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