An assessment of the feasibility and effectiveness of an e-learning module in delivering a curriculum in radiation protection to undergraduate medical students.
PURPOSE: Integrating radiation protection (RP) education in the undergraduate medical curriculum is gaining importance and is mandatory in certain jurisdictions. An e-learning module for RP was developed at the authors' medical school and was integrated into year 4 of the 5-year undergraduate medica...
| Publicado en: | Journal of the American College of Radiology Vol. 9; no. 3; pp. 203 - 210 |
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| Formato: | research Journal Article |
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Elsevier B.V.
Mar2012
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