Access and attitude of rural allied health professionals to CPD and training

International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 355-361

  Stagnitti, Karen ^a   Schoo, Adrian ^b   Reid, Catherine ^b   Dunbar, James ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Greater Green Triangle University Department of Rural Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

Access; Allied health professionals; Attitude; Continuing professional development; Rural

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645076969     PISSN: 17411645     EISSN: 1759779X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/ijtr.2005.12.8.19538     Document Type: Article

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