Development and assessment of an e-learning course on breast imaging for radiographers: A stratified randomized controlled trial

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages e3-

  Moreira, Inês C ^a,b,c   Ventura, Sandra Rua ^c   Ramos, Isabel ^a,b   Rodrigues, Pedro Pereira ^a,d  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^c POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Continuing education; Distance learning; Evaluation studies; Mammography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BREAST TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PORTUGAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; PORTUGAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIOLOGY; STUDENTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922285610     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3344     Document Type: Article

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