Information literacy: Are final-year medical radiation science students on the pathway to success?

Journal of Allied Health

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Thompson, Nadine ^a   Lewis, Sarah ^a   Brennan, Patrick ^a   Robinson, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION LITERACY; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; RADIOLOGY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION LITERACY; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; RADIOLOGY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 77957549579     PISSN: 00907421     EISSN: 1945404X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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