Student recruitment in allied health educational programs: The importance of initial source of contact

Journal of Allied Health

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 65-70

  Baldwin, Alphonso ^a   Agho, Augustine O ^b  

^a FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FLINT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL ASSISTANT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MARKETING; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMEDICAL DISCIPLINES; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHYSIOTHERAPY; ADOLESCENT; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; MALE; OCCUPATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

ADOLESCENT; ALLIED HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; CAREER CHOICE; EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141834173     PISSN: 00907421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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