Continuing education in psychology: Patterns of participation and aspects of selection

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 281-287

  Neimeyer, Greg J ^a   Taylor, Jennifer Marie ^a   Wear, Douglas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Antioch University   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuing education; Continuing education in psychology; Professional competencies; Professional development; Workplace settings

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956540329     PISSN: 07357028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019811     Document Type: Article

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