Epistemological beliefs and therapeutic health concepts of physiotherapy students and professionals

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bientzle, Martina ^a   Cress, Ulrike ^a,b   Kimmerle, Joachim ^a,b  

^a KNOWLEDGE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epistemological beliefs; Health knowledge; Therapeutic health concepts; Training status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; NETHERLANDS; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TEACHER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MENTORS; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICAL THERAPISTS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PHYSICAL THERAPY SPECIALTY; PRECEPTORSHIP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908083777     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-14-208     Document Type: Article

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