Continuing the competency debate: Reflections on definitions and discourses

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 123-127

  Whitehead, C R ^a,b,c   Austin, Z ^b   Hodges, B D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

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EID: 84874022597     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-012-9407-7     Document Type: Article

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