Survey of e-learning implementation and faculty support strategies in a cluster of mid-European medical schools

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Back, David Alexander ^a,b   Behringer, Florian ^b   Harms, Tina ^b   Plener, Joachim ^b   Sostmann, Kai ^b   Peters, Harm ^b  

^a Bundeswehr Hospital Berlin   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRIA; GERMANY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWITZERLAND; TEACHING;

AUSTRIA; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; FACULTY, MEDICAL; GERMANY; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84941187916     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-015-0420-4     Document Type: Article

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