Use of the Interview in Selecting Students for Occupational Therapy Programs

American Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 592-594

  Agho, Augustine O ^a   Mosley, Barbara W ^a   Smith Paul, Bobbie ^a  

^a FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

School admission criteria

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032109419     PISSN: 02729490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5014/ajot.52.7.592     Document Type: Article

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