Are public health workers aware of what they don't know?

Biosecurity and Bioterrorism

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-38

  Kerby, Dave S ^a,b   Brand, Michael W ^a,b   Elledge, Brenda L ^b   Johnson, David L ^b   Magas, Olga K ^b  

^a Department of Research ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; OKLAHOMA; PILOT PROJECTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 22144495806     PISSN: 15387135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bsp.2005.3.31     Document Type: Article

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