An inventory of biomedical imaging physics elements-of-competence for diagnostic radiography education in Europe

Radiography

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 189-202

  Caruana, Carmel J ^a   Plasek, Jaromir ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Competency based education; Physics; Professional education; Radiography education; Radiological physics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EUROPE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 33745883557     PISSN: 10788174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radi.2005.07.005     Document Type: Article

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