Examining international clinical internships for canadian physical therapy students from 1997 to 2007

Physiotherapy Canada

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 261-273

  Crawford, Elizabeth ^a   Biggar, John M ^a   Leggett, Adrienne ^a   Huang, Adrian ^a   Mori, Brenda ^a,b   Nixon, Stephanie A ^a,c   Landry, Michel D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical education; Global health; International clinical internships; Mixed methods; Physical therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958012355     PISSN: 03000508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/physio.62.3.261     Document Type: Article

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