Improving GPs' skills and competencies in child psychiatry

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 114-120

  Heikkinen, Anneli ^a   Puura, Kaija ^a,b   Niskanen, Tarja ^c   Mattila, Kari ^a,d  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^d PIRKANMAA HOSPITAL DISTRICT   (Finland)

Author keywords

Child psychiatry; Continuous medical education; General practice family medicine; Self assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COMPETENCE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FINLAND; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LEARNING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTAL MAIL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SKILL; TEAMWORK; TRAINING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 18444412291     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039480510022972     Document Type: Article

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