THE VAXED PROJECT: An assessment of immunization education in Canadian health professional programs

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Pelly, Lorine P ^a   Pierrynowski MacDougall, Donna M ^b   Halperin, Beth A ^a   Strang, Robert A ^c   Bowles, Susan K ^a   Baxendale, Darlene M ^a   McNeil, Shelly A ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Nova Scotia Department of Health Promotion and Protection   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSING EDUCATION; VACCINATION;

CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATION, NURSING; EDUCATION, PHARMACY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; INFLUENZA VACCINES; VACCINATION;

EID: 78649318177     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-86     Document Type: Article

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