Current status of post-graduate physical therapy curriculum in India: Articulated or disarticulated? An issue paper

Journal of Physical Therapy

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 32-38

  Ramachandran, Selvam ^a  

^a SIKKIM MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Curriculum development; Learning objectives Outcomes; Pedagogy; Regulatory council

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; CURRICULUM; INDIA; PEDAGOGICS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; REVIEW; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 79951891623     PISSN: 20790015     EISSN: 20799209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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