Views of supervisors of colonoscopy training on quality issues for the national bowel cancer screening program in Australia

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 209-213

  Pentti, Marita ^a,b   Muller, Jennifer ^b   Janda, Monika ^c   Newman, Beth ^c  

^a Queensland Bowel Cancer Screening Program   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apprenticeship model; Colonoscopy training; National Bowel Cancer Screening Program; Workforce capacity and quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTESTINE CANCER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKILL;

EID: 58849137660     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2008.05603.x     Document Type: Article

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