Postgraduate physiotherapy training: Interest and perceived barriers to participation in a clinical master's degree programme

Physiotherapy Canada

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 234-243

  Sran, Meena M ^a,b   Murphy, Sue ^c  

^a CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Movement Essentials Physiotherapy   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical; Education; Manual therapy; Physiotherapy; Postgraduate

Indexed keywords

EID: 73449091510     PISSN: 03000508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/physio.61.4.234     Document Type: Article

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