Socialization of new dental therapists on entering the profession

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 626-632

  Lopez, Naty ^a   Blue, Christine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allied dental professionals; Dental and dental hygiene students; Dental therapy; Professional socialization; Professionalism; Role model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTAL EDUCATION; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIALIZATION; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DENTAL AUXILIARIES; FACULTY, DENTAL; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MINNESOTA; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 79955838474     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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