Using critical incident interviews to identify the mental health knowledge, skills and attitudes of entry-level dietitians

Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 297-304

  Dowding, Kerryn ^a   Ash, Susan ^a   Shakespeare Finch, Jane ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competency standard; Critical incident technique; Dietetics; Mental health; New graduate; Qualitative method

Indexed keywords

EID: 82255181473     PISSN: 14466368     EISSN: 17470080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0080.2010.01479.x     Document Type: Article

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