Developing competence frameworks in UK healthcare: Lessons from practice

Journal of European Industrial Training

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 701-717

  Mitchell, Lindsay ^a   Boak, George ^b  

^a Prime Research and Development Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b YORK ST JOHN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competences; Health services

Indexed keywords

EID: 72149109537     PISSN: 03090590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090590910993580     Document Type: Article

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