Educating the public health workforce: Issues and challenges

Australia and New Zealand Health Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Fleming, Mary Louise ^a   Parker, Elizabeth ^a   Gould, Trish ^a   Service, Melinda ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; MASTERS EDUCATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 65449139607     PISSN: 17438462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-8462-6-8     Document Type: Article

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