Training the allied health assistant for the telerehabilitation assessment of dysphagia

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 288-291

  Sharma, Shobha ^a,b   Ward, Elizabeth C ^a,c   Burns, Lare ^d   Theodoros, Deborah ^a   Russell, Trevor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^d ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DYSPHAGIA; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NOTE; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PARAMEDICAL PROFESSION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REHABILITATION; SATISFACTION; SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST; TELEMEDICINE; TELEREHABILITATION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; SELF CONCEPT; SWALLOWING; TELECONSULTATION;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEGLUTITION; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; QUEENSLAND; REMOTE CONSULTATION; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 84864482543     PISSN: 1357633X     EISSN: 17581109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jtt.2012.111202     Document Type: Article

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