Digital education for the management of chronic wounds in health care professionals: Protocol for a systematic review by the digital health education collaboration

JMIR Research Protocols

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2019, Pages

  Martinengo, Laura ^a   Ying Yeo, Natalie Jia ^a   Tang, Zheng Qiang ^a   Markandran, Kasturi D O ^a   Kyaw, Bhone Myint ^a   Car, Lorainne Tudor ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continuous medical education; Digital education; Distance education; e learning; Health personnel; Health professions; Leg ulcers; Pressure ulcers; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 85067234184     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19290748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/12488     Document Type: Article

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