Offline and computer-based eLearning interventions for medical doctors' education

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2018, Issue 10, 2018, Pages

  Semwal, Monika ^a   Wahabi, Hayfaa A ^b   Posadzki, Pawel ^a   Divakar, Ushashree ^a   Lim, Kenneth Teck Kiat ^c   Audouard Marzin, Youna ^d   Zary, Nabil ^e   Tudor Car, Lorainne ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c NATIONAL HEALTHCARE GROUP   (Singapore)

^d Le Collège des hautes études en médecine ^*  (France)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; SATISFACTION; SKILL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 85054397673     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD012465.pub2     Document Type: Article

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