Profiling physiotherapy student preferred learning styles within a clinical education context

Physiotherapy (United Kingdom)

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 146-152

  Milanese, Steve ^a   Gordon, Susan ^a   Pellatt, Aya ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical education; Learning styles; Physiotherapy student

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KOLBS LEARNING STYLE INVENTORY; LEARNING; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARAMEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; THEORY;

COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP, NONMEDICAL; LEARNING; MALE; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHYSICAL THERAPISTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877138662     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: 18731465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physio.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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