Canadian physiotherapists' views on certification, specialisation, extended role practice, and entry-level training in rheumatology

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Li, Linda C ^a,b   Westby, Marie D ^a   Sutton, Evelyn ^c,d   Thompson, Marlene ^e   Sayre, Eric C ^b,f   Casimiro, Lynn ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ARTHRITIS RESEARCH CENTRE OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^e ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PHYSIOTHERAPIST ATTITUDE; RHEUMATOLOGY; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; ADULT; AGED; CERTIFICATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; CERTIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY (SPECIALTY); PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHEUMATOLOGY;

EID: 67650714439     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-9-88     Document Type: Article

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