Mapping competencies for the multiskilled health care professional: An allied health curriculum reform project

Journal of Allied Health

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 185-191

  Sherrill, Windsor W ^a   Keels Williams, Frankie ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 30744433855     PISSN: 00907421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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