Alternatives to a Core Curriculum To Accomplish Broad and General Training: A Scientist-Practitioner Perspective

Training and Education in Professional Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-21

  Collins, Frank L ^a   Callahan, Jennifer L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Accreditation; Broad and general education; Stairway Model; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952584031     PISSN: 19313918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022528     Document Type: Article

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