Usefulness of a virtual community of practice and Web 2.0 tools for general practice training: Experiences and expectations of general practitioner registrars and supervisors

Australian Journal of Primary Health

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 292-296

  Barnett, Stephen ^a   Jones, Sandra C ^a   Bennett, Sue ^a   Iverson, Don ^a   Bonney, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

family physician; general practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TELEPHONE;

EID: 84887862621     PISSN: 14487527     EISSN: 18367399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PY13024     Document Type: Article

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