'Not too much, not too little, but just enough?': Observations on continuing professional development in Public Health in the North of England

Public Health

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 211-215

  Acquilla, S ^a   O'Brien, M ^b   Kernohan, E ^c  

^a N and Yorkshire Reg Hlth Auth ^*

^b Northumberland Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

^c Bradford Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continuing education; Professional development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; TEACHING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0031829607     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ph.1900477     Document Type: Article

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