The impact of e-learning on adherence to guidelines for acute gastroenteritis: A single-arm intervention study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Nicastro, Emanuele ^a,b   Lo Vecchio, Andrea ^a   Liguoro, Ilaria ^a   Chmielewska, Anna ^c   De Bruyn, Caroline ^d   Dolinsek, Jernej ^e   Doroshina, Elena ^f   Fessatou, Smaragdi ^g   Pop, Tudor Lucian ^h   Prell, Christine ⁱ   Tabbers, Merit Monique ^j   Tavares, Marta ^k   Urenden Elicin, Pinar ^l   Bruzzese, Dario ^a   Zakharova, Irina ^f   Sandhu, Bhupinder ^m   Guarino, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b PAPA GIOVANNI XXIII HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^f Russian Postgraduate Medical Academy   (Russian Federation)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^h IULIU HATIEGANU UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

ⁱ LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^j ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^k HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^l MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^m BRISTOL ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC LEARNING; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; GASTROENTERITIS; INFANT; LEARNING; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84937804628     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0132213     Document Type: Article

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