A systematic review of professional supervision experiences and effects for allied health practitioners working in non-metropolitan health care settings

Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare

Volumn 8, Issue , 2015, Pages 397-407

  Ducat, Wendy H ^a,c   Kumar, Saravana ^b  

^a Qld   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allied health; Clinical supervision; Professional development

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL SUPERVISION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PARAMEDICAL PROFESSION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SATISFACTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WORK EXPERIENCE;

EID: 84942048809     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11782390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/JMDH.S84557     Document Type: Review

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