Do Published Studies of Educational Outreach Provide Documentation of Potentially Important Characteristics?

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 480-484

  van Hoof, Thomas J ^a,b,c   Miller, Nicole E ^a   Meehan, Thomas P ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c QUALIDIGM   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

academic detailing; continuing education; educational outreach; quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC DETAILING; ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DOCUMENTATION; EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; META ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

ACADEMIC DETAILING; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

DOCUMENTATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HUMANS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887598558     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860613476335     Document Type: Article

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