Association of importance of the doctoral degree with students' perceptions and anticipated activities reflecting professionalism.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) has identified the Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) degree as 1 of 6 elements necessary to transition the physical therapy profession to a fully professionalized discipline. However, there have been no data to determine whether...
| Publicado en: | Physical Therapy Vol. 85; no. 8; pp. 766 - 782 |
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| Formato: | questionnaire/scale research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Aug2005
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