title: Distance education: the only way to go for a practising oncology nurse in the north.
abstract: Distance education refers to any education experience in which the instructor is separated from the student/learner by geographic distance (Penny, Gibbons & Busby, 1996). "What is new about that?", you may ask. Nothing-but it is the type of education which we need to provide that is new. This article is about the personal experiences of a nurse enrolled in the adult oncology nursing program at McMaster University in Hamilton, some 450 kilometers from her home. It is not the miles that separate you from a goal, only the commitment.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department and Satellite Oncology Clinic, West Nipissing General Hospital, McMaster University.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Masko
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002170:Canada; D002568:Certification; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000193:education*; D012423:Rural Health; D013685:Telecommunications / Q000458:organization & administration*