Occupational therapy practitioners' perceptions of the impact of continuing education activities on continuing competency

American Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 449-454

  Andersen, Lori T ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Competence; Learning preferences

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPETENCE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, CONTINUING; FLORIDA; HUMAN; INSERVICE TRAINING; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035405146     PISSN: 02729490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5014/ajot.55.4.449     Document Type: Article

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