Internet-based medical education: a realist review of what works, for whom and in what circumstances.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Educational courses for doctors and medical students are increasingly offered via the Internet. Despite much research, course developers remain unsure about what (if anything) to offer online and how. Prospective learners lack evidence-based guidance on how to choose between the options on offer. We aimed to produce theory driven criteria to guide the development and evaluation of Internet-based medical courses.

Methods

Realist review - a qualitative systematic review method whose goal is to identify and explain the interaction between context, mechanism and outcome. We searched 15 electronic databases and references of included articles, seeking to identify theoretical models of how the Internet might support learning from empirical studies which (a) used the Int

SUBMITTER: Wong G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2825237 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature