A review of standardized patients in clinical education: Implications for speech-language pathology programs

International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 259-270

  Hill, Anne E ^a   Davidson, Bronwyn J ^a   Theodoros, Deborah G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical education; Health science education; Speech language pathology; Standardized patients; Work integrated learning

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SPEECH DISORDER; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL; HUMANS; SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY;

EID: 77951292427     PISSN: 17549515     EISSN: 17549507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17549500903082445     Document Type: Article

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