An analysis of the professional and academic interest of medical radiation science students

Radiography

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 145-151

  Dempsey, Shane E ^a   Warren Forward, Helen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Interest orientated learning; Medical radiation science students

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RADIATION SCIENCE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STUDENT; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY; STUDENT ATTITUDE; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

EID: 79952900510     PISSN: 10788174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radi.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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