Community-based primary healthcare training for physiotherapy: Students' perceptions of a learning platform.
Background: South Africa is faced with an overburdened public healthcare system and physiotherapists need to be equipped to address these challenges. Community-based primary healthcare clinical training (CBPHCT) offers physiotherapy students with learning opportunities to develop core competencies i...
| Publicado en: | South African Journal of Physiotherapy Vol. 75; no. 1; pp. 1 - 8 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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African Online Scientific Information System PTY LTD
2019
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