The journey through an undergraduate occupational therapy course: Does it change students' attitudes, perceptions and career plans?

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 157-169

  McKenna, Kryss ^a   Scholtes, Adri Anne ^b   Fleming, Jenny ^a   Gilbert, Jillian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Mater Adults Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Career plans; Perceptions; Socialisation; Students

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CAREER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STUDENT; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PERCEPTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035670013     PISSN: 00450766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1630.2001.00248.x     Document Type: Article

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