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ERIC Number: EJ349647
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Is Distance Education by Radio Outdated? A Consideration of the Outcome of an Experiment in Continuing Medical Education with Rural Health Care Workers in Jamaica.
Halliwell, J.
British Journal of Educational Technology, v18 n1 p5-15 Jan 1987
This discussion of the merits of radio as a medium for distance education focuses on the 1982 Radio Education Research Project in Jamaica, which was developed to provide continuing education for rural primary health care workers. The potential future role of radio with education in developing countries is evaluated. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Continuing Education, Costs, Developing Nations, Distance Education, Educational Radio, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Health Personnel, Media Research, Medical Education, Rural Areas
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Evaluative
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Jamaica