Australian paramedic graduate attributes: A pilot study using exploratory factor analysis

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 794-799

  Williams, Brett ^a   Onsman, Andrys ^a   Brown, Ted ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PARAMEDICAL DISCIPLINES; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77957201124     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2010.091751     Document Type: Article

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