Identifying core competencies for public health epidemiologists

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 246-251

  Bondy, Susan J ^a   Johnson, Ian ^a   Cole, Donald C ^a   Bercovitz, Kim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b The Research Doctor Inc

Author keywords

Canada; Epidemiology; Human resources; Interview; Professional competence; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONSENSUS; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGIST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED CELL CULTURE; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKILL; TENSION; WORKFORCE;

EID: 50949109312     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403748     Document Type: Article

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