Reasons for and barriers to attending continuing education activities and priorities for different dental specialties

Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2018, Pages 1716-1721

  Nazir, Muhammad ^a   Al Ansari, Asim ^a   Alabdulaziz, Mohammed ^a   Alnasrallah, Yousif ^a   Alzain, Murtada ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Continuing education activities; Dental specialities; Dentists

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREER; CONSULTATION; CONTENT VALIDITY; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTIST; ENDODONTICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESTORATIVE DENTISTRY; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 85055945859     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18579655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3889/oamjms.2018.373     Document Type: Article

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