Advances in medical education and practice: role of massive open online courses

Advances in Medical Education and Practice

Volumn 8, Issue , 2017, Pages 603-609

  Goldberg, Lynette R ^a   Crocombe, Leonard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Interprofessional education; Massive open online course; Medical education; Medical practice; MOOC; Patient (or person ) and family centered care; Quality health care

Indexed keywords

EID: 85043587543     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11797258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/AMEP.S115321     Document Type: Review

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