The effectiveness of online courses in physician assistant education

dc.contributor.author	Day, David
dc.contributor.author	Smith, Barbara S.
dc.contributor.author	Muma, Richard D.
dc.date.accessioned	2008-10-26T22:17:58Z
dc.date.available	2008-10-26T22:17:58Z
dc.date.issued	2006-07
dc.identifier.citation	Day, David, Smith, Barbara, and Richard D. Muma. (2006).The effectiveness of online courses in physician assistant education. The Journal of Physician Assistant Education, v.17, no.3: 33-36	en
dc.identifier.issn	1941-9430
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10057/1603
dc.identifier.uri	http://www.docstoc.com/docs/79458514/The-Effectiveness-of-Online-Courses-in-Physician-Assistant-Education
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dc.description.abstract	To examine whether online curricula were appropriate for physician assistant (PA) programs, one PA program piloted an online curriculum for courses in endocrinology and community health with two groups of 42 students each. Overall the Web-based courses were effective; both courses resulted in grades and PANCE scores that were consistent with scores from traditional courses in previous years. Student evaluations showed mixed reviews in regard to the organization of the courses and the participants expressed a preference for the traditional classroom course over the Web-based course. Generalizability is limited based on two courses and one PA program.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	Funded by US Department of Health and Human Services, Grant # D21HP 1014901, 2002-2005.
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dc.language.iso	en_US	en
dc.publisher	Physician Assistant Education Association	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	JPAE, 2006	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	v.17, no.3	en
dc.subject	Physician assistants	en
dc.subject	Medical education	en
dc.subject	Distant education	en
dc.subject	Web-based courses	en
dc.title	The effectiveness of online courses in physician assistant education	en
dc.type	Article	en
dc.description.version	Peer reviewed
dc.rights.holder	Copyright 2006 by Physician Assistant Education Association