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The FLEXTRA kit: a model for instructor support materials
1University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas.
Abstract:
The FLEXTRA Kit is a model for the development of resource materials to support instructor-delivered continuing education. Each FLEXTRA Kit consists of camera-ready copy of handout materials; presentation slides, overheads, videotapes, etc.; evaluation instruments; and an instructor's guide. The FLEXTRA Kit is packaged in such a way that it can be easily shipped and stored. Desktop publishing makes the production of FLEXTRA Kits a cost-effective means of providing support to repeated and locally variable training events.
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