Allied health deans' and program directors' perspectives of specialized accreditation effectiveness and reform

Journal of Allied Health

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 247-254

  Baker, Sarah S ^a,c   Morrone, Anastasia S ^b   Gable, Karen E ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Educational Psychology

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENT; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; UNIVERSITY;

ACCREDITATION; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; DEMOGRAPHY; FACULTY; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 12244283754     PISSN: 00907421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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