Education in musculoskeletal health - How can it be improved to meet growing needs?

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 455-457

  Woolf, Anthony D ^a,b   Åkesson, Kristina ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; COMPETENCE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; TRAINING; VALIDATION STUDY;

COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; RHEUMATOLOGY;

EID: 33847672280     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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