The use of free online educational resources by canadian emergency medicine residents and program directors

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 101-106

  Purdy, Eve ^a   Thoma, Brent ^b,c   Bednarczyk, Joseph ^d   Migneault, David ^e   Sherbino, Jonathan ^f  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Medical education; Open educational resources; Social media

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; ONLINE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SHORT SURVEY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PROCEDURES;

CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY;

EID: 84928587596     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818043     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/cem.2014.73     Document Type: Article

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