Accreditation of occupational therapy educational programmes in Australia: Time to do it our way?

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 69-74

  Cusick, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Education; Professional standards

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; COMPETENCE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; REVIEW; STANDARD; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EID: 0033028660     PISSN: 00450766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1630.1999.00177.x     Document Type: Review

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