Professional development for dentists: Patterns and their implications

Australian Dental Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 289-297

  Best, H A ^a   Brearley Messer, L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Continuing dental education; Dentists; Professional development; Survey

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL EDUCATION; HUMAN; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION, DENTAL, CONTINUING; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; VICTORIA;

EID: 0035747725     PISSN: 00450421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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