Teaching evidence-based practice: Strategic and pedagogical recommendations for schools of social work

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 561-568

  Howard, Matthew Owen ^a   Allen Meares, Paula ^a   Ruffolo, Mary C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence based practice; Pedagogical methods; Social work education

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547882375     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731507300191     Document Type: Article

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