An investigation into the perceived usefulness of preceptorship: An exploratory study between two radiotherapy centres

Journal of Radiotherapy in Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-54

  Harbottle, Mandy ^a,b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Implementation; Preceptorship; Radiotherapy; Recruitment; Retention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PARAMEDICAL PROFESSION; PARAMEDICAL STUDENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PROFESSIONALISM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RADIOLOGY; TEACHING;

EID: 33644788272     PISSN: 14603969     EISSN: 14671131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1460396906000069     Document Type: Article

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