Digital education in health professions: The need for overarching evidence synthesis

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2019, Pages

  Car, Josip ^a   Carlstedt Duke, Jan ^b   Tudor Car, Lorainne ^a,c   Posadzki, Pawel ^a   Whiting, Penny ^d   Zary, Nabil ^a,e,f   Atun, Rifat ^g,h   Majeed, Azeem ^c   Campbell, James ⁱ  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f MOHAMMED VI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^g HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

ⁱ WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Distance; education; Medical; systematic reviews; evidence based; education; Methods; education; Professional

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PROCEDURES;

HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; HUMANS; LEARNING;

EID: 85061579451     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/12913     Document Type: Review

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