E-Learning for Health-Care Workforce Development

 

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Summary

Objectives To summarize advances in informatics that contribute to scaling-up the health care workforce.

Method A review of projects and methods in information and communication technologies (ICT) that are having an impact on educating frontline health care workers.

Results and conclusionse-learning is providing innovative approaches for health workforce development, especially in underserved areas.

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