Is length of experience an appropriate criterion to identify level of expertise?

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 247-256

  Rassafiani, Mehdi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical reasoning; Duration of experience; Expert; Occupational therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; SPASTICITY; VIGNETTE; ARM; COMPLICATION; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; TIME;

CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 72049128615     PISSN: 11038128     EISSN: 16512014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/11038120902795441     Document Type: Article

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