Defining the construct of masters level clinical practice in manipulative physiotherapy

Manual Therapy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-99

  Rushton, Alison ^a   Lindsay, Geoff ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical practice; Expertise; Manipulative physiotherapy; Masters

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; INTERVIEW; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOTHERAPIST ATTITUDE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY PRACTICE; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSENSUS; CURRICULUM; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; FACULTY; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY (SPECIALTY); QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS;

EID: 73549098916     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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