Impact of virtual continued medical education on carbon footprint and awareness of digital sobriety: a retrospective cross-sectional study among public health professionals in India

Background: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, physical meetings and continuing medical education (CMEs) are being conducted in virtual mode. Digital sobriety has been advocated as a strategy for controlling the environmental emission from online events. The present study was undertaken to assess the imp...

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Hauptverfasser: Gandhi, Aravind P. (VerfasserIn) , Padhi, Bijaya Kumar (VerfasserIn) , Goel, Kapil (VerfasserIn) , Singh, Amarjeet (VerfasserIn) , Kansal, Om Prakash (VerfasserIn) , Al-Ahdal, Tareq (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 13 March 2023
In: Frontiers in Public Health
Year: 2023, Jahrgang: 11, Pages: 1-8
ISSN:2296-2565
DOI:10.3389/fpubh.2023.1118685
Online-Zugang:Resolving-System, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1118685
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Verfasserangaben:Aravind P. Gandhi, Bijaya Kumar Padhi, Kapil Goel, Amarjeet Singh, Om Prakash Kansal and Tareq Al-Ahdal

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