Adoption of oral health curriculum by physician assistant education programs in 2014

Journal of Physician Assistant Education

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 60-69

  Langelier, Margaret H ^a   Glicken, Anita Duhl ^b   Surdu, Simona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; CURRICULUM; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOGIC; NARRATIVE; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT STUDENT; SKILL; TEACHING; UNIVERSITY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; INTERNET; MOUTH DISEASES; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MOUTH DISEASES; ORAL HEALTH; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84940647993     PISSN: 19419430     EISSN: 19419449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JPA.0000000000000024     Document Type: Article

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