Paramedic pre-employment education and the concerns of our future: What are our expectations?

Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Waxman, Amelia ^b   Williams, Brett ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Degree program; Education; Paramedic education; Survey; Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PERCEPTION; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33846828783     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14474999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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