The Pacific Open Learning Health Net: Providing Health Education in the Pacific

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Author(s): Steven Baxendale (World Health Organization, Fiji)
Copyright: 2012
Pages: 12
Source title: Transnational Distance Learning and Building New Markets for Universities
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Robert Hogan (University of the South Pacific, Fiji)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0206-9.ch015

Keywords: Distance Education / Education / Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference

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This chapter describes the experiences of the Pacific Open Learning Health Net (POLHN) in providing online, face-to-face, and blended professional education to health professionals in 12 developing Pacific island countries. The chapter reviews the establishment of learning centers with Internet access in hospitals, nursing schools, and health centers.

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