Continuing Education for Advanced Manual and Manipulative Physiotherapists in Canada: A Survey of Perceived Needs.
Purpose: Our purpose was to determine advanced manual and manipulative physiotherapists' (AMPTs') current use and awareness of continuing education (CE) opportunities; to establish their perceived CE needs by identifying facilitators and barriers to participation; and to explore the association of d...
| Publicado en: | Physiotherapy Canada Vol. 64; no. 1; pp. 20 - 31 |
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| Autores principales: | , , , , , , , |
| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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University of Toronto Press
2012
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