Preparing a 21st century workforce: Is it time to consider clinically based, competency-based training of health practitioners?

Australian Health Review

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 115-117

  Nancarrow, Susan A ^a   Moran, Anna M ^a   Graham, Iain ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assistant; Massive Open Online Courses; Paraprofessional; Workforce flexibility.

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84893482921     PISSN: 01565788     EISSN: 14498944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AH13158     Document Type: Review

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