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Peer reviewedRader, Martha C.; Clendenin, Martha A. – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 1991
A survey of 225 primarily female participants in a 2-week physical therapy refresher course received 182 responses indicating that 75 percent sought knowledge updating and 25 percent prepared for licensing. Refresher courses were considered appropriate for addressing labor shortages and enabling inactive professionals, often women, to reenter…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Followup Studies, Labor Needs
