Learning contracts and the use of goal attainment scaling (gas) for occupational therapy students on mental health fieldwork: An integrated approach to fieldwork learning

Occupational Therapy in Mental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 119-127

  Scott, Anne Hiller ^a  

^a Long Island University (Brooklyn Campus)   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; COGNITION; EMOTION; LEARNING; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; STUDENT;

EID: 0031795667     PISSN: 0164212X     EISSN: 15413101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J004v14n01_15     Document Type: Article

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