Distance learning: Linking CME and quality improvement

Medical Teacher

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 559-564

  O'Riordan, Margaret ^a   Riain, Ailís Ní ^a  

^a IRISH COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION;

ADULT; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 9144260638     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590410001698838     Document Type: Article

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