title: Doctors' continuing education in Tanzania: distance learning.
abstract: A distance learning programme for medical officers and their assistants at the district level has produced some valuable lessons for future activities in continuing education. Besides correspondence and study materials, face-to-face contact between students and their tutors is a particularly important ingredient, as it provides the guidance, flexibility and motivation that are essential for an effective programme.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Educational Development in Health, Arusha (CEDHA), Tanzania.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Ndeki
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Towle
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Engel
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Parry
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013636:Tanzania