Optimizing e-Learning in CPD: Preferences and Perceptions of Health Professionals.
Introduction: Continuing professional development for health professionals increasingly relies on e-learning. However, there is insufficient research into the instructional strategies health professionals prefer to engage with in e-learning. An empirical study was undertaken to answer the research q...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions Vol. 45; no. 1; pp. 28 - 35 |
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Winter2025
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