Does practice make perfect? Practicing professional skills and outcomes in social work field education

Clinical Supervisor

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 239-263

  Fortune, Anne E ^a   Lee, Mingun ^a   Cavazos, Alonzo ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Social work field education; Student outcome

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748848023     PISSN: 07325223     EISSN: 1545231X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J001v26n01_15     Document Type: Article

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