Characteristics of student preparedness for clinical learning: Clinical educator perspectives using the Delphi approach

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Chipchase, Lucinda S ^a   Buttrum, Peter J ^b   Dunwoodie, Ruth ^a   Hill, Anne E ^a   Mandrusiak, Allison ^a   Moran, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QEII Jubilee Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical learning; Delphi study; Preparedness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; DELPHI STUDY; EDUCATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPEECH DISORDER; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; FACULTY; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PHYSICAL THERAPISTS; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY; STUDENTS, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS;

EID: 84868651423     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-12-112     Document Type: Article

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