Learning theory and its application to the use of social media in medical education

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 1080, 2015, Pages 556-560

  Flynn, Leslie V ^a   Jalali, Alireza ^b   Moreau, Katherine A ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; HUMAN; LEARNING THEORY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY; SOCIAL MEDIA; TEACHING; CANADA; CONSENSUS; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; LEARNING; PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

CANADA; CONSENSUS; EDUCATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84943819004     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2015-133358     Document Type: Article

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