Can Distance Education Solve Rural Physicians' Professional Isolation Problems?.

Lott, Dennis Ray

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ERIC Number: EJ530312

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1996

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Can Distance Education Solve Rural Physicians' Professional Isolation Problems?

Lott, Dennis Ray

Journal of Continuing Higher Education, v44 n3 p25-28 Fall 1996

Despite problems of isolation and lack of resources, studies show rural physicians are uncomfortable with distance education technologies for continuing education. A Penn State pilot project is testing use of desktop conferencing equipment in doctors' offices to deliver continuing education via the World Wide Web. (SK)

Descriptors: Distance Education, Geographic Isolation, Physicians, Professional Continuing Education, Rural Areas, World Wide Web

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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