Preparedness of new graduate Australian physiotherapists in the use of electrophysical agents

Physiotherapy

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 274-280

  Chipchase, L S ^a   Williams, M T ^a   Robertson, V J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competency; Electrophysical agents; New graduate; Preparedness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; PHYSIOTHERAPIST ATTITUDE; PHYSIOTHERAPY PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 67649391005     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physio.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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