Content and discontent: A qualitative exploration of obstacles to elearning engagement in medical students

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Reid, Helen J ^a   Thomson, Clare ^a   McGlade, Kieran J ^a,b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b Dunluce Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achievement emotions; Elearning; Health professions education; Obstacles; Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; MEDICAL STUDENT; OCCUPATION; ADULT; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PERCEPTION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TEACHING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84979284229     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-016-0710-5     Document Type: Article

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