Assessment of applied epidemiology competencies among the Virginia Department of Health workforce

Public Health Reports

Volumn 123, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 119-127

  Patel, Ami S ^a,b,c   Powell, Timothy A ^b   Woolard, C Diane ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c PHILADELPHIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SKILL; STAFF TRAINING; UNITED STATES; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; STANDARD;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; VIRGINIA;

EID: 44849124120     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00333549081230s115     Document Type: Article

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